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Download or read book The World Trade Center: Construction of an American Icon written by Author Daniel Sassa and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete construction documentary spanning from 1967 to 1979. Contained within are nearly 300 color photographs which depict the former World Trade Center twin towers construction. Hands down the most extensive photographic history of the Twin's construction still in existence. Each photo has never been published before and each one is unique and extraordinary. Photographs show the destruction of "Radio Row" in lower Manhattan, to excavation and steel erection, each stage until each tower's topping out!! A brief history of the towers political hurdles and the complexity that went into building them is also included to complement these photographs. A half-century ago The World Trade Center was constructed. Under normal circumstances, The World Trade Center's should have stood for centuries. Unfortunately, they were gruesomely destroyed after only 30 years of having graced the Manhattan Skyline. This historical account documents the twins birth!!