TIMELINE OF WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE
Early 1960's
The Twin Towers are designed by Minoru Yamasaki.
August 45, 1966
Groundbreaking ceremony for first World Trade Center.
December 1972
North Tower is completed. Check out this documentary about their construction.
July 1973
South Tower is completed. The large amount of excavation required to dig foundations and sub-level shopping mall is used to create Battery Park nearby.
August 7, 1974
French high wire performer Philippe Petit illegally strings a high wire between the two towers using a bow and arrow and a crew of co-conspirators and walks back and forth across the wire for 45 minutes. The feat is documented in the film Man on Wire.
February 13, 1975
A three alarm fire starts on the 11th floor of the North Tower and spreads to six other floors. Read about here in the NYtimes archives.
April 1976
Windows on the World, a fine dining restaurant, opens on the 106th and 107th floors.
1983
Construction begins on WTC 7 developed by real estate magnate Larry Silverstein and partners.
March 1987
WTC 7 opens for tenants. Salomon Brothers, a Wall Street investment bank, is by far the largest tenant for most of the original WTC 7's lifespan.
February 26, 1993
A powerful car bomb explodes in the parking garage of the North Tower killing six people and injured hundreds if not thousands, mostly due to smoke inhalation. Omar Abdel Rahman and six others are convicted of carrying out the attack.
January 14, 1998
Ralph Guarino, a New Yorker with known mafia ties, orchestrates a robbery that nets over $2 million in the World Trade Center.
1998
The Port Authority decides to privatize the World Trade Center. After many offers, the bid was awarded to Vornado Realty Trust for $3.25 billion. The two sides, however, were not able to iron out details of the offer and the lease instead went to a group led by Larry Silverstein, a Manhattan real estate tycoon.
December 31, 2000
Windows on the World nets $37 million dollars in 2000, making it the highest grossing single restaurant in the United States.
September 11, 2001
Hijackers crash Flight 11 and Flight 175 into the North and South Towers respectively killing 2,753 in New York City. See detailed multimedia timeline for a close look at the events of that terrible day.
December 2001
Deep fires at the heart of the debris pile finally burn out
May 30, 2002
The last of the debris is removed from the site, now known as "Ground Zero". Ground is broken for the new WTC 7 right away, as crucial city infrastructure had been housed in the facility.
March 13, 2006
Construction begins on the September 11th Memorial
April 27, 2006
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new 1 WTC, known then as "Freedom Tower". WTC 7 is completed and opened about the same time.
June 1, 2010
Construction begins on 2 WTC. Though not as tall as WTC 1, 2 WTC is said to be the gem of the new world trade center. When completed it will be 1,270 feet tall with an antennae height of 1,359 feet.
April 30, 2012
One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in New York City. The building is scheduled to be completed in 2013.
EXTERNAL LINKS
The World Trade Center official site
Wikipedia page about World Trade Center
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