In autumn 1835, simmering political tensions in Texas came to a boil. A series of bloody skirmishes over a short span of months would decide the region's future.
Guy Tozzoli helped pioneer the modern global trading economy — then oversee the creation of its greatest symbol and instrument, the World Trade Center.
I could secretly put my wire between the highest towers in the world. It was something that had to be done, and I couldn't explain it... it was a calling of the romantic type."
After a century of tumultuous change and growth, at the start of the 21st century New York remarkably had come to resemble nothing so much as New York at the start of the 20th century.
