The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film |
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Travel back in time and read selected 19th-century writers' opinions of Manhattan, its inhabitants, and its urban development
The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film |
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Read excerpts from two of Joseph Mitchell's stories, describing Native American skyscraper builders and oystering in New York Harbor.
The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film |
Timeline
A timeline of the World Trade Center, from conception through completion, and its destruction on September 11, 2001.
The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film |
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No one had ever planned for the deliberate attack by a plane loaded with 9,000 gallons of highly inflammable aviation fuel.
The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film |
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The idea of the World Trade Center was first proposed in 1946 — for nearly 15 years it would remain exactly that — an idea.
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Guy Tozzoli helped pioneer the modern global trading economy — then oversee the creation of its greatest symbol and instrument, the World Trade Center.
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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."
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The New York City that emerged from World War IIÂ was a dramatically different place than the city that had entered it four years before.
The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film |
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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.
The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film |
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Here are some pioneering tall structures that changed the shape of Manhattan.
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The original plans for the World Trade Center, as proposed in the early 1960s, were different in many respects from the final scheme.
The Center of the World: New York, A Documentary Film |
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This 1983 film features original footage of the towers under construction.
