Links & Books
World Trade Center
www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/World_Trade_Center.html
This site offers a rich collection of facts,
photographs, and commentary about the World Trade Center
towers as well as an extensive list of related links and
reading materials.
American Society of Civil Engineers
www.asce.org
The ASCE Web site offers a section on the World Trade
Center, where you can find information on the society's
inquiry into the structural failure of the towers.
iCivilEngineer: The Internet for Civil Engineers
www.icivilengineer.com/News/wtc.php
This Web portal for civil engineers provides a
selection of links on a variety of World Trade Center-related
topics, including an image gallery and proposed ideas for
rebuilding.
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
www.renewnyc.com/welcome/Default.asp
Learn about plans to reconstruct Lower Manhattan,
including proposed designs for the Freedom Tower and messages
from New York Governor George Pataki and New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg.
Project Rebirth: Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in
New York City
www.projectrebirth.org
Watch time-lapse footage of new construction near
Ground Zero, read testimonials from friends and family of 9/11
victims, and walk step-by-step through a time line from
September 11, 2001 to the present.
New York City Freedom Tower: The Strongest City in the
World
www.nyc-tower.com
The unofficial homepage of the Freedom Tower, this Web
site offers photographs, articles, and other press releases
regarding its construction.
9/11: Debunking The Myths
www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1227842.html?page=1&c=y
This article from Popular Mechanics magazine
exposes the weaknesses underlying some of the most persistent
conspiracy theories surrounding the events of September 11.
The Skyscraper Museum
www.skyscraper.org
On this Web site from Manhattan's Skyscraper Museum,
find content related to tall structures around the world.
Interactive exhibits include a Twin Towers retrospective and a
virtual tour of skyscrapers in downtown New York.
Building Big
www.pbs.org/buildingbig
The companion Web site to the five-part PBS miniseries
Building Big, broadcast in 2000, offers a selection of
interactive labs, engineer profiles, and fact sheets on the
world's most awe-inspiring buildings.
City in the Sky: The Rise and Fall of the World Trade
Center
by James Glanz and Eric Lipton. Times Books, 2004.
Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade
Center
by Angus Kress Gillespie. Rutgers University Press, 1999.
Twin Towers Remembered
by Camilo Jose Vergara. Princeton Architectural Press, 2001.
Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction
by William D. Callister. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
