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October 14th, 2010, 09:14 AM
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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World Trade Center Construction
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! image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whsimages/ Onlookers view construction at the World Trade center. (1969) image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmcnab/
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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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. West Street, West Side Highway and abandoned 19th century warehouses at World Trade Center site before construction started on the WTC. 1966. New York image hosted on flickr  West Street, West Side Highway and abandoned 19th century warehouses at World Trade Center site before construction started on the WTC. 1966. New York by 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 image hosted on flickr  Abandoned 19th century buildings at Washington St and Chambers St toward Hudson and West Side Highway. Not far from the future World Trade Center. 1967. New York by wavz13, on Flickr West St. at Jay and Caroline vacated prior to demolition 1967 image hosted on flickr  West Street, West Side Highway, at end of Jay St by Caroline St. 1967. New York by wavz13, on Flickr West St. between Duane and Reade 1967 image hosted on flickr  West Street between Duane and Reade Sts. Right by the new World Trade Center. 1967. New York by wavz13, on Flickr West Street between Jay St and Duane Street. Right by the new World Trade Center. New York. 1967 image hosted on flickr  West Street between Jay St and Duane Street. Right by the new World Trade Center. New York. 1967 by wavz13, on Flickr West St. and Warren 1967 image hosted on flickr  West Street and Warren St. 1967. New York. Just a few blocks north of the new World Trade Center. by wavz13, on Flickr West St. and Chambers 1967 image hosted on flickr  West Street and Chambers St. 1967. Just a few blocks from the new World Trade Center. New York by wavz13, on Flickr Washington Market, demolished in 1967 to make way for the WTC.  The Bowery Boys http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/20...teaks-and.html The Site image hosted on flickr  1966-67 The site looking north towards the NY Telephone Building. image hosted on flickr  World Trade Center site in 1966. New York Telephone building and the West Side Highway surround it. by wavz13, on Flickr Site clearance nearly finished and excavation begins c.1966 image hosted on flickr  World Trade Center site before construction started. 1967. New York by wavz13, on Flickr Excavation complete and construction underway 1967-68 image hosted on flickr  World Trade Center by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT, on Flickr Site clearance and early stages of excavation 1967-8. Note the Steamshovel! image hosted on flickr  World Trade Center by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT, on Flickr April 1968  http://www.businessinsider.com/world...ry-2011-9?op=1 Looking south. Excavation work nears completion on the "bathtub". image hosted on flickr  World Trade Center by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT, on Flickr Looking north. Finishing excavation July 19 1968 image hosted on flickr  World Trade Center by H.A. Dunne & Co., New Milford, CT, on Flickr all above: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchiveonline/
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; April 21st, 2013 at 01:43 AM. |
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October 15th, 2010, 03:17 AM
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WTC Construction Photos 1967-1972
An elderly gentleman admires early progress in the construction of the World Trade Center, 1969  all photos below: http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandoftea/ image hosted on flickr  Exterior work around the base of the WTC. Note the spray insulation around the columns that would fail 40 years later. image hosted on flickr  Fabricated exterior column sections being lowered into place. image hosted on flickr  Slurry wall and foundation column work. c. 1968 image hosted on flickr  Slurry wall around the "bathtub". c.1968 image hosted on flickr  Slurry wall ties. image hosted on flickr  Cranes image hosted on flickr  View S. from the WTC. image hosted on flickr  View towards Wall St. image hosted on flickr  Service pier below the WTC site. image hosted on flickr  Framework rising. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  View towards Brooklyn from the WTC. image hosted on flickr  View towards the harbor. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Work at the plaza level. image hosted on flickr  View of the Woolworth Building from below 5 WTC. image hosted on flickr  Construction at neighboring US Steel Building at 1 Liberty Plaza c. 1970 image hosted on flickr  View north above the NY Telephone Building (Verizon) towards Tribeca and the West Side Highway. image hosted on flickr  View below to core under construction. image hosted on flickr  View below of construction. image hosted on flickr  Core rising. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  View of tower 1 rising, from basement level. image hosted on flickr  Ties and podium work. image hosted on flickr  "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. image hosted on flickr  Interior deck and ironwork. image hosted on flickr  Workers applying foam fire retardant above plaza level. image hosted on flickr  Open lobby and exterior column treatment work. image hosted on flickr  Rising shaft. image hosted on flickr  Column segments showing Veerendiel Arch construction. image hosted on flickr  View north from 1 WTC at around the 70-80th floor level. image hosted on flickr  Bathtub floor and foundation work. c.1969 image hosted on flickr  Framework at top of 1 WTC. c.1970 image hosted on flickr  1970s WORLD TRADE CENTER Under Construction Vintage Photo WTC New York City by Christian Montone, on Flickr
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; April 21st, 2013 at 03:54 AM. |
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October 15th, 2010, 03:50 AM
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World Trade Center 1969-72
all photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25993244@N02/ image hosted on flickr  Infrastructure work c. 1969-70 image hosted on flickr  Plumbing and mechanical system work c. 1969-70 image hosted on flickr  Steamfitting work. image hosted on flickr  Hoist work. image hosted on flickr  Early construction work in NW of 5WTC c. 1970 image hosted on flickr  2 WTC begins its ascent c. 1970 image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Work at plaza level below pedestrian bridge. image hosted on flickr  Heavy plumbing being lowered. image hosted on flickr  Massive pipe segments below grade. image hosted on flickr  1 WTC getting fireproofed. image hosted on flickr  2 WTC's Rising core. image hosted on flickr  Furure site of hotel and both 1 and 2 WTC. image hosted on flickr  Core of 2 WTC rising before its twin. c.1970 image hosted on flickr  Breaking the street level. image hosted on flickr  2 WTC begins to rise. image hosted on flickr  Naked steel at 1 WTC. image hosted on flickr  Sub basement ironwork. image hosted on flickr  View towards Governor's Island and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. image hosted on flickr  View north with the NY Telephone Building at Vesey St. image hosted on flickr  View North from 1 WTC image hosted on flickr  Skycrane at Port Authority pier. image hosted on flickr  The view Northeast. image hosted on flickr  Pier with Battery Park City fill development. image hosted on flickr  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. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ May 1970 image hosted on flickr  world trade center under construction may 1970 by eralsoto, on Flickr  image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadcruiser1/  http://www.cleveland.com/science/ind...1_attacks.html
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; October 6th, 2012 at 06:53 AM. |
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October 15th, 2010, 03:52 AM
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1971
image hosted on flickr  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 image hosted on flickr  February 1971 Note the massive lot clearance undertaken in Lower Manhattan for civic and roadway projects. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ March 1971  http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-ph...hattan-in-1971 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. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_frenkel/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_frenkel/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_stich...th/2848321297/ May 1971 Looking towards New Jersey. Note progress at the plaza. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bridgeport_mike/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/qbarandrew/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_frenkel/ September 1971 image hosted on flickr  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. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulpablopawel/ Taking down crane September 1971 image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ Cladding work progresses image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ The changing colors of the new skyline 1971 image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  all photos above: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/  http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34403360  http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7906156  http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/20...rld-trade.html
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; February 11th, 2013 at 10:41 AM. |
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October 15th, 2010, 04:15 AM
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A-mazing thread, keep it going!
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October 15th, 2010, 07:00 PM
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Dennis Rodman
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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.
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October 15th, 2010, 09:37 PM
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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 Sure! Along with 7 WTC, the WFC is a big part of the story!
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; December 14th, 2012 at 06:00 AM. |
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October 15th, 2010, 11:56 PM
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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. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ 1961: The proposal changes with higher structures. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ 1961: A model of this proposal. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ 1962 photo of Minoru Yamasaki (posing with different project) image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/  1964 sketch of final tower design image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/whsimages/ 1964: Yamasaki standing with first model of the final tower design. Lower structures were reconfigured later. image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ 1963: Master plan for the World Trade Center   And the final blueprints: image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/59218746@N07/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/59218746@N07/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/59218746@N07/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/59218746@N07/ image hosted on flickr  1223862561 by Manhattan4, on Flickr
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; June 5th, 2013 at 04:46 AM. |
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October 16th, 2010, 12:38 PM
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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......
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"Make no small plans, for they have not power to stir the blood" - Daniel H. Burnham Last edited by redbaron_012; October 16th, 2010 at 12:47 PM. |
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October 17th, 2010, 05:44 AM
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1972
image hosted on flickr  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. image hosted on flickr  January 1 1972 image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/erichardyuk/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/erichardyuk/ image hosted on flickr  April 1972 image hosted on flickr  August 1972 image hosted on flickr  June 1972 image hosted on flickr  May 1972 Note infill work at Battery Park City site. all above: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8534413@N03/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/emsolo/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbo8/ image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/47101250@N00/  http://humphreysbogart.tumblr.com/post/31343637040
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; October 22nd, 2012 at 05:04 AM. |
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1972
Rooftop view looking towards 2WTC and exterior cladding finish work, late 1972  http://my.fit.edu/~rosiene/30855.htm View from Plaza as cladding work nears completion 
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; February 11th, 2013 at 10:32 AM. |
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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
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October 17th, 2010, 08:30 PM
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Thank you and redbaron 012! Your comments are always welcome!
image hosted on flickr  http://www.flickr.com/photos/29836785@N02/
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"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/ image hosted on flickr  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.  Radio Row in 1936 on Cortlandt St. ( http://news.za.msn.com/gallery.aspx?...8925444&page=2 ) image hosted on flickr  Dey St. between West St. and Washington St. 1936 image hosted on flickr  1936 West St. north of the WTC site, also demolished as part of the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan. image hosted on flickr  1936 Reade St. between west St. and Washington St. image hosted on flickr  West St. row. 1936 image hosted on flickr  Jersey Central RR head house at the foot of Liberty St. 1936 image hosted on flickr  Truck traffic along West St. facing east toward the Hudson Terminal. 1936
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We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; September 2nd, 2011 at 04:32 AM. |
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"A Building Project Like No Other"
From a 1970 brochure: image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  all photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18528948@N00/ [img]
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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.
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