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After the Second World War, the economy
grew considerably.
The expansion ofA world trade has benefitted the port of New York greatly. Soon after the war, politicians and the town administration proposed an international World Trade Center. The idea was that the port of New York would be better equipped to compete with other ports if trading companies were concentrated under one roof.
So, in 1946 a decision was reached to establish a corporation, the World Trade Corporation, and a committee was formed to implement the idea and draft a global trade center. Two architects, John Eberson and his son Drew, were commissioned to design a project for 21 buildings. These would not be laid out as commercial offices, but would offer space for companies to exhibit their goods. The estimated cost of the project was 150 million U.S. dollars. A market survey was conducted, but showed that the project was uneconomic, and consequently, the plan was rejected in 1949.
After this, DMLA architects came up with the idea to build a World Trade Centre on the East River. By 1958 they presented a two billion dollars plan to the public. The project would require heavy financial support and considerable political power. It was finally realised, and built on the Lower West side, rather than the originally proposed East River site.It would be less expensive here, and better accessible. The New York State governor remarked : “at least we can see the damn thing”.
It was a less fortunate thing that landowners were opposed.In the area, there were many electronic stores, and the store owners were not prepared to see this unique area destroyed. The proposed project was taken to court, and the judges finally decided in favour of the World Trade Centre, citing public interest.
Then, another architect was chosen : Minoru Yamasaki, a japanesde american. His design entailed three or four non-identical square towers to be build. In a later adoption of this idea, she proposed to construct two identical square towers, facing the Hudson River, each tower having eighty floors. The technicians produced detailed drawings, however, too little office space ensued. Therefore, the architect was prompted to make important changes to the concept, enlarge and augment office space and add base buildings. This way, the designs were adapted, to not just offer office space, but to do so in the form of the two tallest towers in the world.
Considerable technical problems needed to be overcome, and a new plan was drawn up. Now, the towers would have 110 floors. Even that would not be enough. Two more buildings were added to the complex - the North and South Plaza Buildings.
In summary, the World Trade Center was now designed as fucus for businesses that drive trade worldwide. For that reason, a facility for U.S. customs was also added, as well as a 22 floor hotel, for guests and visitors of the Trade Center,, the Vista Hotel.
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