The book introduces general information of the Twin Towers about the background history of the construction of the building. The nonfiction children’s book, What Were the Twin Towers?, does not mainly focus on 9/11 attacks. I haven't had a chance to visit the completed memorial and museum but reading this book made me want to head back to NYC and show my respect to those who lost their lives. The author concluded with a thoughtful, child-friendly look at 9/11 and described the memorial found there now. *So much mail came through that the Towers had their own zipcode: 10048. *In 1977, George Willig climbed the outside of the towers and was arrested when he got to the top. Tenants had been slowly moving in since 1970 and were already up and running. The trenches were 65-feet deep and took 14 months to complete. *First thing built were the "slurry walls" which basically created a bathtub of sorts around the towers so that the Hudson River couldn't flow in. You're going to figure out a way to build me the tallest buildings in the world." Yama, President Kennedy is going to put a man on the moon. A Japanese-American, Minoru Yamasaki, won. There had to be at least 10 million square feet of space to rent and over 100 floors in each tower. *They held a contest to design the towers. (Reading between the lines of a kid's book, I bet there was quite a bit of justified drama involved. *Getting the Port Authority involved was a sneaky move because they could use "eminent domain" to push out other businesses and take the land.
He had a plan to create some massive buildings and got NYC Port Authority behind him. *Tycoon David Rockefeller wanted Lower Manhattan to turn into a business hub and lively neighborhood. I thought the book would mainly focus on 9/11 but the author gave a nice history of the Twin Towers that I quite enjoyed.
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