U.S.A POSTCARD COLLECTIONS

WORLD TRADE CENTER (Twin Towers)

New York City, U.S.A

Tallest Building in the World (1971 – 1973)

World Trade Center in New York City is 7 World Trade Center Building complex owned by Port Authority. World Trade Center was build to help stimulate urban renewal in Lower Manhattan. During the late 1940s and 1950s, economic growth was concentrated only Midtown Manhattan. The complex was located in New York City's Financial District and contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space.

“Twin Towers” featured in the complex, it was constructed from 1968 and completed in 1971, opened on April 4, 1973, and were destroyed in the September 11 attacks of 2001. Architectural design was given by the Port Authority to the Minoru Yamasaki as lead architect and Emery Roth & Sons as associate architects.,

"Twin Towers", the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower), at 1,368 feet (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower)1,362 ft (415.0 m), were the tallest buildings in the world from 1971 to 1973 preceded the Empire State Building and surpassed by Willis Tower.