Displaying 1 of 1 1999 Format: Book Author: Gillespie, Angus K., 1942- Title: Twin towers : the life of New York City's World Trade Center / Angus Kress Gillespie. Publisher, Date: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1999. Description: xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: Examines the World Trade Center as an American icon, describing the conception, design, and construction of the Twin Towers and relating the activities that take place there during a normal twenty-four hour day. Subjects: World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001) Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York. City planning -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. City planning -- New York (State) -- New York. New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index. Contents: Political Background: The Uneasy Alliance Between New York and New Jersey -- It Can't Be Done: Overcoming Obstacles in Building Tall Towers -- Erecting the Towers: It's One Story After Another -- Winning Acceptance: How a White Elephant Became Prime Real Estate -- Architecture: Beloved By All Except the Experts -- The World Trade Center Concept: Not Just Another Office Building -- A City Within a City; Or, a Day in the Life. LCCN: 99015068 ISBN: 0813527422 9780813527420 Other Number: 41070665 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 101813 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 725.23 Gillespi Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
