CLOG 12: World Trade Center
CLOG 12: World Trade Center
$22.00
CLOG. May, Kyle
et al., eds. CLOG 12: World Trade Center. CLOG. 2014
Book ID: 97874
Fifty years ago, in 1964, Minoru YamasakiÕs proposed design for the World Trade Center was first revealed to the public. Rising far above the Lower Manhattan skyline, the Twin TowersÑcenterpieces of the original World Trade Center complexÑwere intended, in the words of their architect, to Òbecome a living representation of manÕs belief in humanity.Ó From the beginning, the project was not without controversy. Positioned at the confluence of several transportation routes, an entire district known as ÒRadio RowÓ would be claimed through eminent domain and demolished to make way for the new center of commerce. The abstractÑarguably overpoweringÑdesign invited fierce criticism. Nevertheless, Yamasaki and associate architects Emery Roth & Sons would devote over a decade to the design and construction of the World Trade Center, which proved significant not only as an urban renewal project, but also as an architectural and engineering marvel. By the time of their destruction, the Twin Towers were one of New York CityÕs most prominent icons. With the new World Trade Center slowly approaching completion, the importance and irreplaceability of the original becomes more evident. CLOG will therefore critically examine that which has forever been lost: the World Trade Center, Dedicated April 4, 1973. Pap.
