World Trade Center Construction

The World Trade Center Began its life as a series of proposals for a major downtown development in the 1950s. By the mid 1960s, a site was in place, designs were chosen and clearance and construction began around 1967. The twin towers were finally completed in 1973 and the entire WTC development was finished in 1978 with the Vista International Hotel. This is a thread devoted to images of the World Trade Center's creation. Enjoy!

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Onlookers view construction at the World Trade center. (1969)
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World Trade Center Area 1966-68

The WTC site as it appeared in the mid 1960s. Known as "Radio Row" the low rise buildings dating to the 1850s were, by 1960, a disheveled lot of derelict and low rent repair and radio shops. The two higher buildings at 30 and 50 Church St. were the Hudson Terminal Buildings that stood above the PATH/subway tracks. And they stood squarely in the sights of Robert Moses and the Port Authority.

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West Street, West Side Highway and abandoned 19th century warehouses at World Trade Center site before construction started on the WTC. 1966. New York
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West Street, West Side Highway and abandoned 19th century warehouses at World Trade Center site before construction started on the WTC. 1966. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4083899395/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Washington St and Chambers St toward Hudson and West Side Highway. Not far from the future World Trade Center. 1967. New York
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Washington St and Chambers St toward Hudson and West Side Highway. Not far from the future World Trade Center. 1967. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4083898627/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

West St. at Jay and Caroline vacated prior to demolition 1967
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West Street, West Side Highway, at end of Jay St by Caroline St. 1967. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084658364/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

West St. between Duane and Reade 1967
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West Street between Duane and Reade Sts. Right by the new World Trade Center. 1967. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084658466/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

West Street between Jay St and Duane Street. Right by the new World Trade Center. New York. 1967
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West Street between Jay St and Duane Street. Right by the new World Trade Center. New York. 1967 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4083899357/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

West St. and Warren 1967
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West Street and Warren St. 1967. New York. Just a few blocks north of the new World Trade Center. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084658420/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

West St. and Chambers 1967
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West Street and Chambers St. 1967. Just a few blocks from the new World Trade Center. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084658394/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr


Washington Market, demolished in 1967 to make way for the WTC.
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The Bowery Boys http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2010/08/mad-men-notes-swanky-steaks-and.html

The Site
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1966-67 The site looking north towards the NY Telephone Building.
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Site clearance nearly finished and excavation begins c.1966
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World Trade Center site before construction started. 1967. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084659144/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Excavation complete and construction underway 1967-68
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World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/4978974101/) by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT (http://www.flickr.com/people/thearchiveonline/), on Flickr

Site clearance and early stages of excavation 1967-8. Note the Steamshovel!
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World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/4978974329/) by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT (http://www.flickr.com/people/thearchiveonline/), on Flickr

April 1968
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http://www.businessinsider.com/world-trade-center-history-2011-9?op=1

Looking south. Excavation work nears completion on the "bathtub".
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World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/4978976477/) by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT (http://www.flickr.com/people/thearchiveonline/), on Flickr

Looking north. Finishing excavation July 19 1968
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World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/4978976789/) by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT (http://www.flickr.com/people/thearchiveonline/), on Flickr

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WTC Construction Photos 1967-1972

all photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandoftea/

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Exterior work around the base of the WTC. Note the spray insulation around the columns that would fail 40 years later.

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Fabricated exterior column sections being lowered into place.

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Slurry wall and foundation column work. c. 1968

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Slurry wall around the "bathtub". c.1968

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Slurry wall ties.

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Cranes

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View S. from the WTC.

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View towards Wall St.

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Service pier below the WTC site.

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Framework rising.

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View towards Brooklyn from the WTC.

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View towards the harbor.

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Work at the plaza level.

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View of the Woolworth Building from below 5 WTC.

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Construction at neighboring US Steel Building at 1 Liberty Plaza c. 1970

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View north above the NY Telephone Building (Verizon) towards Tribeca and the West Side Highway.

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View below to core under construction.

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View below of construction.

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Core rising.

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View of tower 1 rising, from basement level.

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Ties and podium work.

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"Column-free" interior view. Note the ties of floor joists to exterior columns that failed in a cascade as the walls buckled and the towers began to collapse.

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Interior deck and ironwork.

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Workers applying foam fire retardant above plaza level.

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Open lobby and exterior column treatment work.

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Rising shaft.

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Column segments showing Veerendiel Arch construction.

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View north from 1 WTC at around the 70-80th floor level.

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Bathtub floor and foundation work. c.1969

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Framework at top of 1 WTC. c.1970

1969-70

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WTC Construction workers 1969-70

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1969-71

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WTC_early_construction,_1967-1971_039 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldart/6068156489/) by mjdart (http://www.flickr.com/people/michaeldart/), on Flickr

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WTC_early_construction,_1967-1971_028 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldart/6068702214/) by mjdart (http://www.flickr.com/people/michaeldart/), on Flickr


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WTC_early_construction,_1967-1971_035 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldart/6068702606/) by mjdart (http://www.flickr.com/people/michaeldart/), on Flickr

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WTC_early_construction,_1967-1971_023 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldart/6068702018/) by mjdart (http://www.flickr.com/people/michaeldart/), on Flickr

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WTC_early_construction,_1967-1971_022 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldart/6068156055/) by mjdart (http://www.flickr.com/people/michaeldart/), on Flickr

1969

Tower One peeks above the hoarding April 1969
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Bathtub East
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Bathtub West
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Onlooker May 1969
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1WTC June 1969
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July 1969
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Tower One September 1969
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September 1969

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September 10
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World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/4978975127/) by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT (http://www.flickr.com/people/thearchiveonline/), on Flickr

The core of 2WTC begins to rise, November 13, 1969
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World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/4978976143/) by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT (http://www.flickr.com/people/thearchiveonline/), on Flickr

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World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/4979583044/) by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT (http://www.flickr.com/people/thearchiveonline/), on Flickr

November 21, 1969
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World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/4979582170/) by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT (http://www.flickr.com/people/thearchiveonline/), on Flickr

December 1969
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New York 1969 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachyhead/4278663219/) by beachy head (http://www.flickr.com/people/beachyhead/), on Flickr

World Trade Center 1969-72

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Infrastructure work c. 1969-70

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Plumbing and mechanical system work c. 1969-70

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Steamfitting work.

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Hoist work.

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Early construction work in NW of 5WTC c. 1970

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2 WTC begins its ascent c. 1970

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Work at plaza level below pedestrian bridge.

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Heavy plumbing being lowered.

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Massive pipe segments below grade.

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1 WTC getting fireproofed.

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2 WTC's Rising core.

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Furure site of hotel and both 1 and 2 WTC.

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Core of 2 WTC rising before its twin. c.1970

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Breaking the street level.

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2 WTC begins to rise.

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Naked steel at 1 WTC.

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Sub basement ironwork.

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View towards Governor's Island and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.

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View north with the NY Telephone Building at Vesey St.

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View North from 1 WTC

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2440555553_8f7b7a37a0_b_d.jpg
Skycrane at Port Authority pier.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2440555501_e69936bbe3_b_d.jpg
The view Northeast.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/2441386256_d6c52f84fd_b_d.jpg
Pier with Battery Park City fill development.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/4477485461_7255cff1c7_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christianmontone/

May 1970 Note the clearance and utility development at the 7 WTC site as well as the Hudson Terminal Building which will not be demolished until the underground PATH Station is completed.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4529506124_eab02b77a0_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

May 1970
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2825976944_448ac6c4e9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/2825976944/)
world trade center under construction may 1970 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/2825976944/) by eralsoto (http://www.flickr.com/people/8534413@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4652776265_6774f9b514_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadcruiser1/

1971

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2541747674_a78d71ae16_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27117506@N03/
As Tower One tops out, 2 WTC begins to rise alongside. Down below, site work continues and framing begins to emerge for the lower buildings.

Aerial view of 2WTC and 1 Liberty Plaza
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4546889326_38ede0d814_b.jpg

February 1971 Note the massive lot clearance undertaken in Lower Manhattan for civic and roadway projects.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/4605044770_af852116b4_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

April 1971 View from near Chatham Square of the WTC towers as well as the freshly topped out 1 Liberty Plaza and in the foreground, the new NYPD headquarters Building is being constructed.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4332359123_8fcd0e9cf8_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_frenkel/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4330539347_758b5182b7_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_frenkel/

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3154/2848321297_7be1946c80_z.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_stich_in_time/favorites/with/2848321297/

May 1971 Looking towards New Jersey. Note progress at the plaza.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3374/4627970446_ed8b4b3c0a_z_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1073/939809002_afe7b888f1_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bridgeport_mike/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4499307701_bc28bdfb12_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qbarandrew/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4331272772_f72d47e2a5_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_frenkel/


September 1971
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/4627451065_65dfed926e_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

Aerial view showing progress at the WTC site and the new landfill island as well as the yet to be demolished Hudson Terminal Building.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2260/2433064000_9887109445_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulpablopawel/

Taking down crane September 1971
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4627451059_b361c67d92_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

Cladding work progresses
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/4628109370_a5bf3c64c1_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

The changing colors of the new skyline 1971
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4632825061_e012fd8dd4_z_d.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4631464773_7e03eb5bf0_z_d.jpg

all photos above: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/34403360.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34403360

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/7906156.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7906156

A-mazing thread, keep it going!

^^

Thanks!

1970

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2920931546_7c39160745_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67827566@N00/

1970

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5185051117_1445ccbb1d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oescape_300/5185051117/)
New York City in 1970 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oescape_300/5185051117/) by Olivier Nade (http://www.flickr.com/people/oescape_300/), on Flickr

1971

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5185051527_4943e3b1f5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oescape_300/5185051527/)
New York City in 1970 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oescape_300/5185051527/) by Olivier Nade (http://www.flickr.com/people/oescape_300/), on Flickr

http://www.ladder18fdny.com/images/frank-proceller-pics/27_NYC_WTC_Jul-1971.jpg
http://www.ladder18fdny.com/pages/frank-procellers-pics.htm

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4136/4911789588_17ba408e40_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13964815@N00/4911789588/)
World Trade Center, 1971. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13964815@N00/4911789588/) by Endless Forms Most Beautiful (http://www.flickr.com/people/13964815@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4117/4911187395_724d056e7d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13964815@N00/4911187395/)
World Trade Center, 1971. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13964815@N00/4911187395/) by Endless Forms Most Beautiful (http://www.flickr.com/people/13964815@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4099/4911789804_c6d7e2dc71_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13964815@N00/4911789804/)
World Trade Center, 1971. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13964815@N00/4911789804/) by Endless Forms Most Beautiful (http://www.flickr.com/people/13964815@N00/), on Flickr

Not quite on topic, but you wouldn't also have photos of the construction of the WFC, and in extension, the whole of Battery city?
In particular, the creation of the landfills over the old piers.

I noticed you included one or two, would be nice to see more :)

Great job on the thread.

^^

Sure! Along with 7 WTC, the WFC is a big part of the story!

Winter Garden construction c. 1983
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1101/718985459_8a6f873b46_z_d.jpg?zz=1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mccuba48/

The World Trade Center in early renderings



Before the final design by Minoru Yamasaki was chosen, several proposals, sites and configurations were pitched to Robert Moses and the Port Authority. Below are some of these renders and mockups as well as the final design.

January 1960: World Trade Center rendering for a proposed site in Lower Manhattan on the East River.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4870463721_f8898cf70d_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

1961: The proposal changes with higher structures.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4870463757_6d76fd50e6_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

1961: A model of this proposal.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4870463739_86856b7927_z_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

1962 photo of Minoru Yamasaki (posing with different project)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4870463765_d75fd7f733_z_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/PopularScience/4-1964/med_twin_towers.jpg

1964 sketch of final tower design
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/4170020334_13ba45e2a8_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whsimages/

1964: Yamasaki standing with first model of the final tower design. Lower structures were reconfigured later.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4870463779_f036100105_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

1963: Master plan for the World Trade Center
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6247/wtcconst16ge1.jpg

http://www.tropolism.com/wtcmodel.jpg



And the final blueprints:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5660352275_bf9b700fe7_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59218746@N07/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5660920874_7b131dc345_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59218746@N07/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5227/5660352585_9be97c03f5_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59218746@N07/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/5660921168_de41f9f2a1_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59218746@N07/

desertpunk.................I am almost speechless looking at these pics......I live very far away yet have visited this site before and after 9/11 and continue to be awed by anything about it's history, past and present. thanks for the pics......

1972

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2257/2222109594_89ddfa87e0_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53942054@N00/

By 1972 the towers were fully framed and 1 WTC neared completion. Cladding raced up the side of both towers as the lower structures for the US Customs House and WTC 5 progressed.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2905733458_47255a5503_b_d.jpg


January 1 1972
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4769306098_87f732eede_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erichardyuk/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4769306766_6b6d95380b_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erichardyuk/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4648018917_866c9556be_b_d.jpg
April 1972

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4648123807_8f8187399d_b_d.jpg
August 1972

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4648123769_0920d756f3_b_d.jpg
June 1972

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4648123749_c58e0ee396_b_d.jpg
May 1972 Note infill work at Battery Park City site.

all above: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2691/4193379485_08967b359f_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emsolo/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/3159986777_f316f3fe8a_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbo8/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3995101532_dbed569aa9_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47101250@N00/

1972

Rooftop view looking towards 2WTC and exterior cladding finish work, late 1972
http://my.fit.edu/~rosiene/1966wtc.jpg
http://my.fit.edu/~rosiene/30855.htm

View from Plaza as cladding work nears completion
http://i810.photobucket.com/albums/zz21/esb1250/88914e6fe471e4bbf.jpg

Thank you for those amazing construction photos. I love to see how these towers were build back then. I searched for those pics for a long time...now i found them...

thx desertpunk

Thank you and redbaron 012! Your comments are always welcome!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3909496940_b98d93c9fe_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29836785@N02/

"Radio Row" and the WTC site in early photographs

The neighborhood bounded by Vesey, Church, Liberty, and West Streets was no dead zone. It was a lively, if shabby mix of small shops, cafes, and old mercantile rowhouses along the SE corner of Lower Manhattan. And although Wall St. was close by, the area known as "Radio Row" was a world onto itself.


all photos below: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/2290168378_2e380c010c_z_d.jpg?zz=1
Standing at the corner of Liberty St. and Chuech St., The Singer Tower was torn down in 1967 and replaced by the US Steel Building now known as 1 Liberty Plaza.

http://estb.msn.com/i/45/B314CC1218EA360C64EC5CC0F583.jpg
Radio Row in 1936 on Cortlandt St. ( http://news.za.msn.com/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=158925444&page=2 )

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3109780665_716fb82607_o_d.jpg
Dey St. between West St. and Washington St. 1936

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/3110613216_7f2188fd15_o_d.jpg
1936 West St. north of the WTC site, also demolished as part of the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/3109780983_3b30e44fe5_o_d.jpg
1936 Reade St. between west St. and Washington St.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3109780867_8e41f00528_o_d.jpg
West St. row. 1936

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/3110606800_ff3e371255_o_d.jpg
Jersey Central RR head house at the foot of Liberty St. 1936

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/3109774689_670a7bd384_o_d.jpg
Truck traffic along West St. facing east toward the Hudson Terminal. 1936

"A Building Project Like No Other"
From a 1970 brochure:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3818784979_3cf7cc65bb_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/3819592138_c624a1b358_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/3818785343_fdaa8a2df9_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/3818785675_f24800a991_b_d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3556/3818786085_0429234a14_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/3818786451_211c9eb9f1_b_d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3818786677_80dbb20cea_b_d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3819594000_e3ec4feb59_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3819594194_e0ec8481b9_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3819594596_b8646a133d_b_d.jpg

all photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18528948@N00/



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Love the thread. I have most of the pictures, but that's because I've been going nuts and saving pictures on the original WTC for years now. Only a matter of time before flickr/photobucket/whatever users shut down their accounts, are deleted, etc.

It's nice to have stuff in one location for the users of the board. Good work!

Love the thread. I have most of the pictures, but that's because I've been going nuts and saving pictures on the original WTC for years now. Only a matter of time before flickr/photobucket/whatever users shut down their accounts, are deleted, etc.

It's nice to have stuff in one location for the users of the board. Good work!

Not to worry: Many libraries and historical archives are just beginning to scan their holdings into online sites like Flickr. So as individuals (who often have mundane stuff anyways) lose interest, the powerhouse documention will be coming on stream. :)

1971

http://www.aiany.org/eOCULUS/2006/images/0919/wtc0029_screen.jpg

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxy3znXuW1qztq6to1_500.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1891459.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1891459


1972

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4119/4769306098_87f732eede_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/erichardyuk/4769306098/)
Looking at Manhattan from Liberty Island, New Year's morning 1972 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/erichardyuk/4769306098/) by Eric Hardy (http://www.flickr.com/people/erichardyuk/), on Flickr

Fantastic collection of pictures. I can't wait for the new WTC to be complete.

heh... I've been thinking on this subject, I tried to find a couple of pictures... But now I can find everything that interests me! Excellent topic. :cheers:

Not to worry: Many libraries and historical archives are just beginning to scan their holdings into online sites like Flickr. So as individuals (who often have mundane stuff anyways) lose interest, the powerhouse documention will be coming on stream. :)

True, I stumbled on the Wisconsin ones the same time you did.

1973

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3493/3953389302_2eb6386a6c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3953389302/)
Staten Island Ferry with Smog-Obscured Skyline of Lower Manhattan in Background. on the Right Are the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center Overlooking the Hudson River 05/1973 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3953389302/) by The U.S. National Archives (http://www.flickr.com/people/usnationalarchives/), on Flickr

From The US National Archives (http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/)

As work finished up on Tower 2, Tower 1 began to open its doors to tennants while below, final site work for 4WTC began as the other lower structures neared completion. The massive infill plot for Battery Park City was also nearing completion.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2646/3952613735_73a0f8767b_b_d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/3953391026_dc18ca079b_b_d.jpg

May 1973
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/3952608547_beed2a1f43_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/3953385718_7f9c9f2628_b_d.jpg

Outfall drain from the WTC site.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2607/3953385918_11d8bc3ddc_b_d.jpg

Note the work on the US Customs House (6WTC) nearing completion.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/3952609287_b6be136f9e_b_d.jpg

Eroded seawall along West St. opposite Jersey City and work along infill boundary.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3953385336_3a0c561a15_b_d.jpg

Car parked at construction site.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/3953387354_d147cd1880_b_d.jpg

Battery Park City work.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/3952609955_33ef3aa7e1_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2567/3953386682_291598fe8f_b_d.jpg

Development North of the WTC on a cleared parcel in Tribeca.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2596/3953390562_1057c3eeb2_b_d.jpg

View from S.West St. of 2 WTC nearing completion.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3952610089_a5dd69388c_b_d.jpg

View looking south from the Morton St. Pier.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/3952615737_937b08dba8_b_d.jpg

View looking west from Liberty St. Note the Bankers Trust Building (later Deutsche Bank) nearing completion.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/3952611249_d6bb1e5ef6_b_d.jpg

Harbor view with Deutsche Bank topping out.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3953388940_fe3a54fb32_b_d.jpg

Looking south down West Broadway.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3952613829_58c7a2fc6c_b_d.jpg

Staten Island Ferry view of New York's new skyline.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3903195577_d8c35bb827_b_d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3517/3903192665_1339eabf41_b_d.jpg

May 1973 Note demolition of Hudson terminal site for 4WTC has been completed while the plaza and other lower structures progress towards completion.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2905698690_cdb71a0a2a_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2744154783_1264e5cc07_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

The Woolworth Tower peers between the two titans.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2920090783_894230383b_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67827566@N00/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1328/4725088295_683c0ee40e_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

July 1973
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2740173387_68781b6e43_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

May 28 1973
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4648204161_ff00092687_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4736894549_534f5c9004_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

September 1973 note: Banker's Trust Tower (5WTC) nearing completion.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/3251182671_5cd65a93f4_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/

December 1973
http://static7.businessinsider.com/image/4e6a730269bedd3019000026-900/an-aerial-shot-of-the-completed-world-trade-center-towers-late-1970s.jpg
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=102732.0

Brochure from 1975

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3335/3546995283_dd062eb91b_b_d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3564/3547805042_0897cced4b_b_d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3547804642_8ca8fab6a7_b_d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3576/3547803804_7a78d388ea_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/3546995497_e20b711184_b_d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3547803390_ffd2e99e45_b_d.jpg

all photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18528948@N00/

Looking out from the lobby at Grand Opening, March 1973

Windows On The World

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5048/5273495550_882161ccea_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5273495550/)
interior of windows of the world restaurant on 107 floot of wtc tower north july 1976 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5273495550/) by eralsoto (http://www.flickr.com/people/8534413@N03/), on Flickr

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Windows_on_the_world_logo.png
Windows on the World logo.

Windows on the World was a complex of venues at the top floors (106th and 107th) of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan that included a restaurant, Windows on the World, a smaller restaurant called Wild Blue, and a bar called The Greatest Bar on Earth, as well as rooms for private functions. Developed by restaurateur Joe Baum and designed initially by Warren Platner, Windows on the World occupied 50,000 square feet of space in the North Tower. The restaurants operated from April 1976 until 2001 when they were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. (wikipedia)

http://madelinesherrypaintings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Windows_on_the_world_window_seats.jpg

View from Windows on The World looking northeast towards Queens
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_osiER0_mbKU/TItuyrSnM_I/AAAAAAAADBk/JKFggABiAIQ/s1600/092.jpg

Do you have interior pics of the towers?

Do you have interior pics of the towers?

Watch this space! ;)

http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/imgb/ax/3005/3005l.jpg

Observation Gallery 1976

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6133504165_9080a90a6f_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flaneur/

One of my favorite threads on this forum...Great stuff dude...I'll be watchin'..

:cheers:

One of the most importants threads of skyscrapercity. regards

http://www.twintowers-newyork.com/WTC_construction.jpg

Work on the new residential Independence Plaza development north of the WTC

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/5711104451_6e916e035b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/5711104451/)
Empty lots covered with cars just a few blocks north of the World Trade Center from the abandoned West Side Highway. One old 19th century building still stands on West Street. March 1975 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/5711104451/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5255/5523833850_7d0370d3e9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/5523833850/)
Independence Plaza North going up in what is now Tribeca in Lower Manhattan. Looking south from near the West Side Highway to the World Trade Center. New York. May 1973 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/5523833850/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2905698690_cdb71a0a2a_b_d.jpg
powerful picture! :cheers:

Moving in 1973-75

Finished lobby awaits new tennants 1973
http://0.tqn.com/d/manhattan/1/0/-/F/flickr-JoeMargolis-wtc-lobby-yr1978.jpg

Opening Day 1973
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2750/4084655324_8f56ee3534_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084655324/)
Lobby of World Trade Center on opening day toward the West Side Highway. March 1973. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084655324/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Port Authority offices before Opening Day 1973
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4222833084_07125712e3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4222833084/)
Port Authority Building before moving PA employees to World Trade Center. Engineering group. New York. March 1973 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4222833084/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Looking out from the lobby Opening Day 1973
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5688787058_521a96813d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/5688787058/)
Two guys chatting over coffee as a lady looks out at the elevated West Side Highway and the rainy, dreary weather. World Trade Center lobby on opening day. New York. March 1973. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/5688787058/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Office, 58th floor 1974
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2497/4083897433_26b31efbb9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4083897433/)
My father near his office in the World Trade Center. 58th floor North Tower. April 1974. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4083897433/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

View towards New Jersey from Port Authority offices 1974
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4223351079_9cf2dbdc69_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/

Empty blocks north of WTC April 1974
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2728/4084654754_488919bf9b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084654754/)
Empty blocks just north of the World Trade Center from the 58th floor of the North Tower. April 1974. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084654754/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

View north towards new development in Tribeca from 1WTC 58th floor 1974
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4224114690_40d80ffcc8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4224114690/)
Lower West Side from World Trade Center North Tower 58th floor. Independance Plaza North going up in foreground. New York. 1974 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4224114690/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

PATH train escalators 1975
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2492/4083899645_f710f2d136_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4083899645/)
World Trade Center Concourse-level escalators down to the PATH trains at evening rush hour. March 1975. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4083899645/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Battery Park landfill area and WTC from S. West St. 1975
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1389/5105799951_47f5f50bb4_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/

East River view from P.A. offices in 1 WTC 1975
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1197/5106394426_19f0859966_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/

View south past 2WTC towards the harbor 1974. Note the expanse of newly created infill property along West St.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/4979216807_55d24b437b_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/

Same view towards Brooklyn Battery Tunnel entrance.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4084658664_344f974c0d_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/

The twin towers reorder the skyline above Lower Manhattan and Battery Park 1974
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/4084659026_fb39c0d6c7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084659026/)
World Trade Center, Battery Park City, Battery. Nov 25, 1974. New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084659026/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

St. Paul's Church and 1 WTC 1974
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4083897649_94832cd120_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/

1974
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/4083896331_0350e30cac_o_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/

Nature temporarily reclaims Battery Park infill lot 1975
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/4084658906_ff6a8def1f_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/


WTC observation deck

http://www.jerrytobiasphotography.com/albums/New%20York/slides/wtc-top_tn.jpg

^^
Go away spammer. You've been reported.

He's not a spammer...He's ok..At least I know him as a good forumer...He just wanted to show that railing on his balcony looks like twins..;)

Life down below

http://0.tqn.com/d/manhattan/1/0/3/F/flickr-JuergenBerkessel-wtc-escalators.jpg

PATH entrance 1976

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/249/550052572_27708f713f_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rnolan1087/550052572/)
World Trade Center - 1976 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rnolan1087/550052572/) by rnolan1087 (http://www.flickr.com/people/rnolan1087/), on Flickr

Workers amble alongside 5WTC above Vesey St.

http://cba.winthrop.edu/econ580/2000/images/World%20Trade%20Center%201.jpg

6WTC

http://www.arneault.com/travelpix/2001_wtc/wtc-aol/6WorldTradeCenterBuildingPhoto.jpg

WTC plaza and sculpture

http://wirednewyork.com/wtc/images/wtc_plaza_ball.jpg

http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/9_11_anniversary/WTC_Plaza.jpg

The underground shopping concourse map c.1989

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2321871087_bdf3a60e09_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/allwaysny/2321871087/)
World Trade Center Shopping Concourse Map (http://www.flickr.com/photos/allwaysny/2321871087/) by AllWaysNY (http://www.flickr.com/people/allwaysny/), on Flickr

Shoppers' entrance

http://www.labelscar.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/world-trade-center-01.jpg

He's not a spammer...He's ok..At least I know him as a good forumer...He just wanted to show that railing on his balcony looks like twins..;)

Thanks Dino, I explained to desertpunk. :)

1975 brochure

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1418/1360040190_b43eb77ec2_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87538314@N00/

1975 brochure

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1418/1360040190_b43eb77ec2_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87538314@N00/

OMG, I think my folks still have that brochure at home. Like probably more than a few forumers, I also vividly remember standing on top of those giants (well, one of them), and now they're gone. Still a very weird feeling. Thanks to all for putting up these wonderful pics!

Hello

I use a translator thus saddened for the spelling. :shifty:
I don't know if you know this video thus I post her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjXU-yCDyOY

1978

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3002/2674952033_2013551544_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8399012@N06/2674952033/)
WTC Blues (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8399012@N06/2674952033/) by secorlew (http://www.flickr.com/people/8399012@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4125/5038877940_720a0a66b6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larcher29/5038877940/)
The Twin Towers - New York City - August 1978 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larcher29/5038877940/) by larcher29 (http://www.flickr.com/people/larcher29/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/6965831841_3c62f0dc3e_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddymedbery/

Hey desertpunk that 1978 pic is back to front !........but love all your contributions anyhow : )

Hey desertpunk that 1978 pic is back to front !........but love all your contributions anyhow : )

Nah, New York was back to front before the "Great Turn of 1980". :D


Speaking of 1980:

http://www.wired.com/images/article/full/world_trade_center_1970_630px.jpg
http://www.wired.com/images/article/full/world_trade_center_1970_630px.jpg

Trying to figure out that picture made my brain hurt. :(

Wow, wow, wow!!!! Just spent so long looking at this thread - perhaps my favourite thread on SSC. Fascinating and wonderful..

Wow, wow, wow!!!! Just spent so long looking at this thread - perhaps my favourite thread on SSC. Fascinating and wonderful..

Thanks!

http://www.aiany.org/eOCULUS/2006/images/0919/wtc0029_screen.jpg

1978

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2294/2482745919_82a9d1beff_o_d.jpg http://www.mohamadikhwan.com/avatar.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickbrandt/

that was nostalgic! :)

Yeah, that was nostalgic! But it's still back to front !!!! (mirror image)

3 World Trade Center 1979-81: The Vista International Hotel

Looking down at the unfinished Vista International Hotel
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mvn-zFmIO00/TQgaW4rsQiI/AAAAAAAAAL8/a6hU6p8ZjQo/s1600/World-Trade-Center.JPG

1979 work on the Vista International is up to the 5th floor

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/5812091967_5bf24f798f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33461472@N05/5812091967/)
World Trade Center - 1979 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33461472@N05/5812091967/) by Kümmerle (http://www.flickr.com/people/33461472@N05/), on Flickr

SOM schematic 1979
http://911research.wtc7.net/mirrors/guardian2/wtc/fig-3-2.jpg
http://911research.wtc7.net/mirrors/guardian2/wtc/fig-3-1.jpg

The hotel had 22 stories above grade and 6 stories below grade (labeled B1 through B6.) The roof parapet line was approximately 242 feet above West Street. The first level below grade provided loading docks, building services, and other functions for the hotel. The other levels below grade were part of the overall WTC complex and provided parking space. The ground level housed the hotel lobby and ballroom. The two stories above the ground level lobby were occupied by restaurants and conference facilities. The next 18 stories accommodated the approximately 825 guest suites. A health club and mechanical services were located on the top floor of the building. The building was designed in 1978/1979 by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), architects.

Framing of hotel early 1980, from the WTC plaza
http://www.metrostage.com/images/wtcp3.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e232/CharmedOne9805/wtc3.jpg

Cladding racing up the sides 1980
http://www.harrytarzian.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4079&g2_serialNumber=8

Construction well along in this undated photograph
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/100282471_7cbde521d6_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shellysblogger/100282471/)
NYC WTC1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shellysblogger/100282471/) by ShellyS (http://www.flickr.com/people/shellysblogger/), on Flickr

Hotel barely discernable in this shot from around 1980
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/100282536_035ca7c5d2_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shellysblogger/100282536/)
NYC CircleLine4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shellysblogger/100282536/) by ShellyS (http://www.flickr.com/people/shellysblogger/), on Flickr

http://www.worldshipny.com/images/oc010.jpg

Nearing completion
http://www.lera.com/pimg/wtc/9281562_large.jpg

1981 look at the corner of the completed Vista Hotel adjoining 2WTC
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/962673945_0f3160ef8a_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bqephoto/962673945/)
World Trade Center with Marriott Hotel--1981 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bqephoto/962673945/) by el weevo (http://www.flickr.com/people/bqephoto/), on Flickr

January 1981
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5455052190_4872bb9e43_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5455052190/)
lower manhattan looking east from hudson river january 1981 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5455052190/) by eralsoto (http://www.flickr.com/people/8534413@N03/), on Flickr

3WTC from the waterfront
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1418/962856441_fa4f65abc8_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bqephoto/962856441/)
World Trade Center with Vista Hotel--1981 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bqephoto/962856441/) by el weevo (http://www.flickr.com/people/bqephoto/), on Flickr

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1418/962856441_fa4f65abc8_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bqephoto/962856441/)
World Trade Center with Vista Hotel--1981 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bqephoto/962856441/) by el weevo (http://www.flickr.com/people/bqephoto/), on Flickr

The finished product in this 1981 photo also showing progress at Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3995547811_9224e96ae3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartmckenna/3995547811/)
Twin Towers 1980 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartmckenna/3995547811/) by Stuart McKenna (http://www.flickr.com/people/stuartmckenna/), on Flickr

Thanks so much for this thread, its incredible

I wish i could have seen them.

Thanks for the pictures! When was the antenna on top of 1 WTC constructed and are there any photos of the construction?

Thanks for the pictures! When was the antenna on top of 1 WTC constructed and are there any photos of the construction?

The 360 ft. antenna mast was built in 1978 and rebuilt in 1999 by Dielectric Inc. to accommodate DTV. I'll see if I can find images of its construction. ;)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2718718400_68e5a48227_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajmexico/2718718400/)
WTC Antenna Farm April 2001 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajmexico/2718718400/) by ajmexico (http://www.flickr.com/people/ajmexico/), on Flickr

Amazing amazing amazing, thank you !

I had no idea the Antenna was rebuilt or worked on in 1990. I've seen so many pics of the Twin Towers, but never have I seen work on it that year. But I do know they worked on it in the early 2000s.

I had no idea the Antenna was rebuilt or worked on in 1990. I've seen so many pics of the Twin Towers, but never have I seen work on it that year. But I do know they worked on it in the early 2000s.

You're right! I misread some copy. It was redone in 1999. I'll change that post! ;)

I'll see if I can find images of its construction. ;)


Thanks, this would be really great!

The 1999 renovation wasn't that major. They really just installed some new antenna arrays in the existing mast. It wouldn't have been more than a few days of exterior work to install them. Most of the work would have been internal.

Woh, lower Manhattan has changed alot excluding the WTC towers.

Battery Park City

http://nydailynews.com/img/2009/09/16/alg_battery_park_city.jpg
1982


Battery Park City is a 92-acre planned community at the southwestern tip of lower Manhattan in New York City, United States. The land upon which it stands was created on the Hudson River using 1.2 million cubic yards of soil and rocks excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center and certain other construction projects, as well as from sand dredged from New York Harbor off Staten Island. The neighborhood, which is the site of the World Financial Center along with numerous housing, commercial and retail buildings, is named for adjacent Battery Park.

In 1968, the New York State Legislature created the Battery Park City Authority to oversee development. The New York State Urban Development Corporation and ten other public agencies were also involved in the development project. For the next several years, the BPCA made slow progress. In 1969, it unveiled a master plan for the area, and in 1972 issued $200 million in bonds to fund construction efforts. Landfill material from construction of the World Trade Center was used to add land. Cellular cofferdams were constructed to retain the material. By 1976 the landfill was completed; in many cases, the pre-existing piers were simply buried. Construction efforts ground to a halt for nearly two years beginning in 1977, as a result of city-wide financial hardships. In 1979, the title to the landfill was transferred from the city to the Battery Park City Authority, which financially restructured itself and created a new, more viable master plan, designed by Alex Cooper and Stanton Eckstut. The design of BPC to some degree reflects the values of vibrant city neighborhoods championed by Jane Jacobs. The Urban Land Institute awarded the Battery Park City Master Plan its 2010 Heritage Award, for having "facilitated the private development of 9.3 million square feet of commercial space, 7.2 million square feet of residential space, and nearly 36 acres of open space in lower Manhattan, becoming a model for successful large-scale planning efforts and marking a positive shift away from the urban renewal mindset of the time."

http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2009/04/large_38814-Masterplan.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/3035995053_1e23c8d694_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/amapple/3035995053/)
Battery Park City Map (linework) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/amapple/3035995053/) by amproehl (http://www.flickr.com/people/amapple/), on Flickr

While development of individual tracts or blocks was somewhat hopscotched, Battery Park City was essentially broken down to four major components: the north section of parks, apartments and liveable communities; The World Financial Center and Battery Park Marina, a massive commercial office development designed by Caesar Pelli and Assoc. tied into the World Trade Center; Gateway Towers, the first BPC development which consisted of apartment towers arranged in the classic 'tower and plaza' configuation; and the southern section along West St. of hotels and apartments developed well into the 1990s.


During the late 1970s and early 1980s the site hosted Creative Time's landmark Art on the Beach sculpture exhibitions. On September 23, 1979, the landfill was the site of an anti-nuclear rally attended by 200,000 people.

http://www.davidsaunders.biz/JPEGS/1982,Lizzie.jpg

http://batteryparkcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/agnes-denes-fields-of-wheat-battery-park-city.jpg

http://www.adafruit.com/adablog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wheatfield-xl.jpg


Construction began on the first residential building in 1980, followed in 1981 with the start of construction on the World Financial Center. Olympia and York, of Toronto, was named as the developer for the World Financial Center in 1981, who then hired Cesar Pelli as the lead architect. By 1985, construction was completed and the World Financial Center saw its first tenants.

http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_64/battery2.jpg

Throughout the 1980s, the Battery Park City Authority oversaw a great deal of construction, including the entire Rector Place neighborhood and the river Esplanade. It was during this period that current City Planning Department Director Amanda Burden worked on Battery Park City. During the 1980s a total of 13 buildings were constructed. In the early 1990s, Battery Park City became the new home of the Stuyvesant High School. During the 1990s an additional 6 buildings were added to the neighborhood. By the turn of the 21st century, Battery Park City was mostly completed, with the exception of some ongoing construction on West Street.
(Wikipedia)

http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/battery_park_city.jpg

World Trade Center lobby 1983

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2328021181_fb0503071a_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21410041@N04/2328021181/)
World Trade Centre - Lobby (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21410041@N04/2328021181/) by ~It's_me! (http://www.flickr.com/people/21410041@N04/), on Flickr

http://webspace.webring.com/people/se/eddiej_yessucker/WTCPics/vito2000-04.jpg

top of wtc 3 from wtc 1 26th floor october 2000

Just discovered this thread then. Wow.

loved this trend great pics.

The construction of the twin towers was more impressive and massive than the new WTC. This towers did show americas power, but i am not really convinced by the new building. I do not want the exact twin towers to be rebuilt, but something massive not only to remember the ones that lost their lives but to honor them and i am not getting that feeling right now seems like new WTC is just a group of buildings that are not the tallest ones in the United States

the memorial is to remember those who lost their lives, the buildings are there to make someone some money & provide office space.

WOWWWW:banana:

Battery Park fill area awaits new development 1974

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2468/4084653394_e5bf9f4862_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084653394/)
Battery Park City landfill, NY Telephone Co, West Side Highway and World Trade Center. 1974 New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084653394/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Looking towards Jersey City

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4084653424_7acdf4f26b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084653424/)
Battery Park City landfill looking to Jersey City. 1975 New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084653424/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Reeds grow amid the fresh fill

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2798/4084653460_718e513f62_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084653460/)
Battery Park City landfill muck, a stand of reeds and Lower Manhattan. June 1974 New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4084653460/) by wavz13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wavz13/), on Flickr

Great photos. (:
The great towers of the world... Would like to have kept my 1 World Trade Centre office on the 75th floor with great views of Midtown Manhattan...

Pardon me, not 75, 77. (: It's been such a long time.

Battery Park City, April 1981

Work on the Gateway Towers progresses rapidly. Note the Vista International Hotel (3WTC) nearing completion.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5454478377_a90e14d7a1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5454478377/)
aerial view of lower manhattan looking south from hudson river april 1981 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5454478377/) by eralsoto (http://www.flickr.com/people/8534413@N03/), on Flickr

Battery Park City, February 1982

Gateway Towers are topping out while foundation work on new residential buildings awaits warmer weather.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5054/5455155330_59383a4eb4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5455155330/)
aerial view of lower manhattan looking northeast february 1982 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5455155330/) by eralsoto (http://www.flickr.com/people/8534413@N03/), on Flickr

Battery Park City, March 1983

Foundation work for the residential towers as well as the soon-to-be-built World Financial Center is well underway.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5467390982_4c247b245f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5467390982/)
aerial view of lower manhattan looking east march 1983 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/5467390982/) by eralsoto (http://www.flickr.com/people/8534413@N03/), on Flickr

notice the last picture, no WTC 7 yet!! wasn't it built in the 90's??

Battery Park City, March 1983

Foundation work for the residential towers as well as the soon-to-be-built World Financial Center is well underway.

And the West Side Highway deck was removed and replaced with West Street by this time too. I love seeing these old pics from the 70s and 80s! :)

notice the last picture, no WTC 7 yet!! wasn't it built in the 90's??

1987. Shortest lived skyscraper in history, I believe.

Pardon me, not 75, 77. (: It's been such a long time.

Any pictures from your office that you'd like to share with us? This forum is the place to do it.

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World Trade Center is just one of the brilliant products of humanity. Im glad you have a wide collection of pictures, even the oldest ones. And it's really saddening to know what happened. It's been 10 years already.
God bless America!

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thanks for the info Meh CD!! Dave

First post here. Ive been keeping an eye on this particular thread and have noticed some posters asking for some shots of the antenna being erected. If you google peter b kaplan stock photography and link surf to the " height workers" category,you will find a few of them in there,taken some 1600 feet above Lower Manhattan.