1966-2001

The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings designed
by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey.

Initial plans were made public in 1961. Groundbreaking for the construction of the
World Trade Center was on August 5, 1966.
In 1970, construction was completed on One World Trade Center, with its first tenants
moving into the building in December, 1970. Tenants first moved into Two World
Trade Center in January 1972. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was on April 4, 1973.
{ wikipedia | { nyc-architecture.com }
On August 7th, 1974 a lone Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire he
attached between the towers of the World Trade Center through clandestine and brilliant
means. As he took his first step onto his steel cable with his balance pole, 1,350 feet
above the ground, he said that he was walking on air; guided by angels and his own
genius.

On February 13, 1975, the WTC North Tower was beset by a fire, which burned at
temperatures in excess of 700°C (1,292°F) for over three hours and spread over some
65 percent of the 11th floor.
{ Ad for the Asbestos Corp., Asbestos Magazine, November 1981 }
{ World Trade Center ad, 1984 }
{ WTC lobby | 4% of Manhattan’s total office space was destroyed in the World Trade
Center attack. }
{ Impact locations }
{ Military photos }
{ 911research.wtc7 }
{ Landsat 7 satellite image of New York City made early on September 12, 2001 }

{ 9/11 premonitions }
{ Thomas Kidd, book cover from Bluejay Books, 1985 }
{ The Village Voice, Sept 2001 }

“Yeah. Hi. I’m on the 106th floor of the World Trade Center. We just had an explosion
on the, on the like 105th floor,” the 35-year-old tells a dispatcher. “We have about 100
people here. We can’t get down the stairs. We have smoke and — it’s pretty bad.”

A dispatcher tells him: “Just sit tight. Just sit tight. We’re on the way.”

{ Emergency Call Transcripts From Sept. 11 }