Umlando weManhattan Landmark owachithwa ngoSepthemba 11, 2001
Lezi zindatshana ezifanayo ezingu-110 "Twin Towers" zeWorld Trade Centre zavulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1973 futhi zaba izithombe zeNew York City nezakhi eziyinhloko esibhakabhakeni esidumile saseManhattan. Ngaphandle kwezindlu emabhizinisini angaba ngu-500 nabasebenzi abangaba ngu-50 000, imibhoshongo yeWorld Trade Center yabhujiswa ngokudabukisayo ekuhlaselweni kwamaphekula ngoSeptemba 11, 2001. Namuhla, ungavakashela isayithi le-World Trade Center le- 9/11 yeSikhumbuzo Sememori kanye nesikhumbuzo ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana ukuhlaselwa kanye nokucatshangelwa komuntu siqu (futhi futhi bayamhlonipha i-One World Trade Center, evuliwe ngo-2014), kodwa kuqala: Funda ngomlando omfushane we-Twin Towers wemifanekiso elahlekile yaseManhattan.
Iziqalo ze-World Trade Centre
Ngo-1946, iSishayamthetho saseNew York State sigunyaze ukuthuthukiswa kwe "mart trade mart" edolobheni laseManhattan, umqondo owawuyi-brainchild ye-David Sholtz, umthuthukisi wezezindlu. Kodwa-ke, kwaze kwafika ngo-1958 ukuthi i-Chase Manhattan Bank iphini likaSihlalo uDavid Rockefeller umemezele izinhlelo zokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo esisempumalanga ye-Lower Manhattan. Isiphakamiso sokuqala sasisakhiwo esisodwa sezitezi ezingu-70, hhayi isakhiwo sokugcina seTwin Towers. I-Port Authority yaseNew York neNew Jersey yavuma ukuqondisa umsebenzi wokwakha.
AmaProthets and Plans Changing
Ngokushesha amaProthetes avela kubahlali kanye namabhizinisi aseMnoth Manhattan amakhelwane ahlelwe ukubhujiswa ukuze enze iNational Trade Center. Le mibhikisho iphuze ukwakhiwa kweminyaka emine. Izakhiwo zokugcina zokugcina zavunywa futhi zavezwa ngumakhi oyinhloko uMinoru Yamasaki ngo-1964.
Amacebo amasha abiza iWorld Trade Centre enamamitha ayizigidi eziyizigidi eziyizigidi ezingu-15 eziswe phakathi kwezakhiwo eziyisikhombisa. Izici zokuklama imishini kwakuyizingodo ezimbili ezizobe zidlula ukuphakama kwe-Empire State Building ngamamitha angu-100 futhi zibe izakhiwo zomhlaba ezide kakhulu.
Ukwakha Isikhungo Sokuhweba Sezwe
Ukwakhiwa kwemibhoshongo ye- World Trade Centre yaqala ngo-1966.
Umbhoshongo wasenyakatho wagcwaliswa ngo-1970; umbhoshongo waseningizimu wagcwaliswa ngo-1971. Imibhoshongo yakhiwa ngokusebenzisa uhlelo olusha lwe-drywall oluqiniswa yi-steel cores, okwenza kube yiziqhingi zokuqala ezazakhela ngaphandle kokusetshenziswa kwemikhumbi. Le mibhoshongo emibili - ngo-1368 no-1362 izinyawo kanye nezindaba ezingu-110 ngayinye - yayenza i- Empire State Building ibe izakhiwo ezide kunazo zonke emhlabeni. I-World Trade Center - kuhlanganise neTwin Towers nezinye izakhiwo ezine - ngokuvulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1973.
I-New York City Landmark
Ngo-1974, umculi waseFrance uPhilip Petit wenza izinhloko ngokuhamba ngaphesheya kwekhebula eliphakathi kwezinto eziqongweni zemibhoshongo emibili ngaphandle kokusebenzisa inetha lokuphepha. Indawo yokudlela eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke, iWindows on the World, ivuliwe phezulu embhoshongweni osenyakatho ngo-1976. Le ndawo yokudlela yayidunyiswa abagxeki njengenye yezindawo ezinhle kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi yanikeza imibono evelele kakhulu eNew York City. ENingizimu Tower, indawo yokubuka umphakathi ebizwa ngokuthi "Top of the World" inikeza imibono efanayo kubantu baseNew York kanye nezivakashi. IWorld Trade Center nayo yaba nezinkanyezi kuma-movie amaningi, kuhlanganise nezindima ezingenakulibaleka e- Escape evela eNew York , ebuyiswa yi- King Kong ngo-1976 , no- Superman .
Ukwesaba nokuhlukumezeka kwi-World Trade Center
Ngo-1993, iqembu lamaphekula lashiya iveni eligcwele iziqhumane egaraji lokupaka komhlaba ongasenyakatho.
Ukuqhuma okwenzekile kwabulala abayisithupha futhi balimala ngaphezu kweyinkulungwane, kodwa akubanga neze umonakalo omkhulu kwi-World Trade Center.
Ngokudabukisayo, ukuhlaselwa kwamaphekula ngo-September 11, 2001, kwaholela ekubhujisweni okukhulu. Iziphekula zashayela izindiza ezimbili eMibhoshongweni Yezohwebo, zenza ukuqhuma okukhulu, ukubhujiswa kwemibhoshongo nokufa kwabantu abangu-2 749.
Namuhla, iWorld Trade Center ihlala isithonjana seNew York City , eminyakeni ngemuva kokubhujiswa kwayo.
- Kubuyekezwe ngu-Elissa Garay