What exactly were the Twin Towers used for?

Question

Was it just office space? What else was there? Did some really rich people live there? I know there was a resturant up there. I would love to see pictures of the insides of these twin marvels. I am sorry I never went to see them when I was in New York in the 1980's. I remember seeing them and saying WOW!

Answer 1

G'day John R. M.,

Thanks for your question.

I share your admiration for the World Trade Center as the Twin Towers were officially known as. It was a complex of seven buildings, mostly designed by Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It was initiated by a Lower Manhattan Association created and chaired by David Rockefeller, along with strong backing from the then New York governor, his brother, Nelson Rockefeller. Larry Silverstein held the most recent lease to the complex, the Port Authority having leased it to him in July of 2001. The complex, located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district, contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m²) of office space, almost four percent of Manhattan's entire office inventory. Best known for its iconic 110-story Twin Towers, the World Trade Center was beset by a fire on February 13, 1975 and a bombing on February 26, 1993. All of the original buildings in the complex were destroyed in the September 11, 2001, attacks: 1 WTC, 2 WTC (North and South Towers) and 7 WTC collapsed; 3 WTC (Marriott Hotel) was crushed by the collapses of 1 WTC and 2 WTC; and 4 WTC, 5 WTC, and 6 WTC were damaged beyond repair and later demolished.

Each of the WTC towers had 110 stories. 1 WTC (the North Tower, which featured a massive 360 foot high TV antenna added in 1978) stood 1,368 feet (417 m) high [5], and 2 WTC (the South Tower, which contained the observation deck) was 1,362 feet (415 m) high [5]. The length and breadth of the towers were 208 feet (63.4 m) x 208 feet (63.4 m). Although only Tower 1 featured an antenna, the structure of both buildings were designed to carry a broadcast mast.

When completed in 1972, 1 WTC became the tallest building on Earth, unseating the Empire State Building after a 40 year reign. 2 WTC became the second tallest building in the world when completed in 1973.

Five smaller buildings stood around the 16 acre (65,000 m²) block. One was the 22-floor Vista Hotel (3 WTC), later a Marriott Hotel, that was squeezed between the two towers. Three low-rise buildings (4 WTC, 5 WTC, and 6 WTC) in the same hollow tube design as the towers also stood around the plaza; they housed the US Customs Service and the US Commodities Exchange. In 1987, a 46-floor office building called 7 WTC was built north of the block. Under the block was a highly profitable underground shopping mall, which in turn led to various mass transit facilities, particularly the New York City subway system and the Port Authority's own PATH trains connecting Manhattan to Jersey City.

One of the world's largest gold depositories was stored underneath the World Trade Center, owned by a group of commercial banks. The 1993 bomb detonated close to the vault, but it withstood the explosion, as did the towers.

Although the majority of space in the WTC complex was off-limits to the general public, 1 WTC (North Tower) had a restaurant on the 107th floor called "Windows on the World", and 2 WTC (South Tower) featured a public observation area aptly named "Top Of The World."

When visiting the observation deck, visitors would first pass through security checks added after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Next, visitors were whisked to the 107th floor indoor observatory and greeted with a 360 degree view of the New York City skyline. Weather-permitting, visitors could take two short escalator rides up from the 107th floor and visit what was the world's highest outdoor viewing platform. At a height of 1,377 feet (420 m), visitors were able to take in a view of the North Tower and New York City unlike any other. On a clear day, it was claimed that visitors could see up to 45 miles (72 km) in any given direction. An anti-suicide fence was placed on the roof itself, with the viewing platform set back and elevated above it, requiring only an ordinary railing and leaving the view unobstructed.

Windows on the World was an elegant restaurant known as a place for big celebrations, such as weddings. In its last full year of operation, 2000, Windows reported revenues of $37.5 million United States dollars, making it the highest-grossing restaurant in the United States.

In my view, the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. It is good to hear that plans are well underway to rebuild it.

I have attached some sources for your reference.

Regards

I have attached some sources for your reference.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The Twin Towers basically housed offices and stores/shops. It also contained a major train/pathway. To my knowledge no one lived within the Towers but the offices were open 24 hours a day so there was always full security. The area was like a little town with all the essentials parks, trees, fountains etc.

Answer 4

The American Government staged a false flag attack on the twin towers so they could go to war in the middle east to steal oil, research proves that 9/11 was an inside job and many demolition experts say the twin towers was a controlled explosion, the planes that flew into the WTC was a cover up so people think it was terrorists.

Answer 5

They were office buildings. Some of the most prominant financial institutions (ones that make our economy work) were located there. It was called the world trade center b/c the original purpose of the complex was to house offices of companies involved in world trade.

The complex, located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district, contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m²) of office space, almost four percent of Manhattan's entire office inventory. (large % for 7bldgs to hold)

On any given day, some 50,000 people worked in the towers with another 200,000 passing through as visitors. The complex was so large that it had its own ZIP Code: 10048.

The building was 7 different buildings. One of which was a hotel (#3) and the other a US customs house (#6)

Answer 6

World Trade Center

A pillar of capitalism. Stock exchange, center.
Symbol of Capitalism.

Building 7 was a secret cover up CIA archive !

They are the Illuminatis, and they own you,
This is the New World Order, and it is your future if the world don't wake up :

And this is what Bush’s minions had to say in 2000;-
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor"
Project for the New American Century (2000)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Göring(Nazi) 1946 Confessions (Nuremberg Diary)
http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/goering.htm

"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order."
David Rockefeller: Statement to the United Nations Business Council in September 1994

"For more than a century, ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with other around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it." David Rockefellers memoirs (2002)

Answer 7

The twin towers were a place for people to sit and figure out ways to swindle money out of other people all over the world.

You might not like the truth, but there it is.

They will always be most remembered for being used for a terrorist attack in 2001 though.

Answer 8

I Think It Was Used For Buying And Selling Stocks.

Answer 9

my brother asked me the same thing today....well actully he said "Why were they called the World Trade Center" and i didnt no...at 1st thoughts im like "Well maybe stock trading was done there" but i think im wrong. im pretty sure its office space


9/11 We Will Never Forget

Answer 10

There were international offices, so there were people from around the world killed.