Overview
On September 11, 2001, before the eyes of a horrified, unbelieving world, the Twin Towers and thousands of innocent lives passed into history. The unimaginable had become reality. World Trade Center is a memorial to the Twin Towers, capturing not only their dramatic iconic image but also their brief, brilliant history.
Born of a dream, the Twin Towers rose as a triumph of engineering to become an unrivalled center for business, finance and trade. Representing New York's creative energy and confidence, the towers became the city's most powerful visual symbol.
Their story, and the vibrant, exciting city-within-a-city they created, is unmatched in world history.
World Trade Center was written by Peter Skinner, for more than thirty years a resident of New York City. The introduction was contributed by Mike Wallace, an acclaimed chronicler of New York City and author of the pulitzer Prize winning Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.
World Trade Center features numerous illustrations, dramatically capturing the Twin Towers, for twenty-five years a symbol of peace and progress.