New York 1960: WORLD TRADE CENTER (TWIN TOWERS)

Friday, August 7, 2015

WORLD TRADE CENTER (TWIN TOWERS)

"The tallest structure in New York. An amazing complex of 2 huge towers 110 stories high soaring 1350 feet into the clouds and 4 small satellite buildings 8 stories high having a total of 10 million square feet of rentable space."

WTC under construction

WTC at night

(Destroyed by terrorists September 11, 2001)

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Mission Statement

NEW YORK 1960 is a window into the architecture and urban landscape of New York City from the end of WWII to the Bicentennial as seen through "chrome" postcards from the period. These mid-century cards were printed using a new "chromolithic" process, yielding bright, saturated colors more like a color photograph than any previous postcard printing process. The images and their descriptions provide the contemporary viewer an opportunity to understand how the city saw itself during a time of sweeping changes ushered in by post-war prosperity. They also depict how corporations and cultural institutions embraced and distilled the Modernist aesthetic. Corporations used it in the design of skyscrapers to project an image of power and progress. Cultural institutions employed it to appeal to a younger or progressive demographic. Many buildings have become icons of the era for better or worse.