Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade CenterFolklorist Angus Gillespie examines the development and daily life of the World Trade Center in New York. He covers how the engineers solved complex problems, and the contrast between the architectural community's disdain and the public acceptance of the towers as a symbol of New York. |
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User Review - foof2you - LibraryThingA story about the World Trade Center its inception to completion. A book that prior to 9/11 was probably little known or read. This book is a short history of the towers. Read full review
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| Title | Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center |
| Author | Angus K. Gillespie |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press, 1999 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Jul 7, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0813527422, 9780813527420 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning Social Science / Sociology / Urban |
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