Imbali yeManhattan Landmark yachithwa ngoSeptemba 11, 2001
Amacandelo amabini afana ne-110 "I-Twin Towers" ye-World Trade Centre yavulwa ngokusemthethweni ngowe-1973 kwaye yaba yiimpawu zeSixeko saseNew York kunye nezinto eziphambili kwi-skyline eyaziwayo. Xa usuka kwikhaya kumashishini athile angama-500 kunye nabasebenzi abangaba ngu-50,000, iiNqaba zoLhwebo zeHlabathi zehlabathi ziye zabhujiswa ngokugqithiseleyo ekuhlaselweni kobutyhuna ngoSeptemba 11, 2001. Namhla, unokutyelela indawo ye-World Trade Center ye- 9/11 yeSikhumbuzo seMemyuzi kunye nesikhumbuzo ukuze ufunde kabanzi malunga ukuhlaselwa kunye nokucamngca komntu (kunye nokwazisa iWorld World Trade Center, evulekileyo ngo-2014), kodwa kuqala: funda kwi-Twin Towers imbali ye-Manhattan yeempawu ezilahlekileyo.
Imvelaphi yeZiko loRhwebo loHlabathi
Ngowe-1946, i-Legislature yeNew York State yagunyazisa ukuphuhliswa kwe "mart trade mart" ephakathi kwedolophu yaseManhattan, ingcamango eyayiyi-brainchild yomvelisi wezakhiwo zomhlaba uDavid Sholtz. Nangona kunjalo, bekungekho ngo-1958 ukuba i-Chase Manhattan Bank i-Vice-sihlalo uSihlalo uRackefeller wamemezela izicwangciso zokwakha i-complex-foot-square-foot-foot-square-square-square-foot square. Isiphakamiso sokuqala sasisakhiwo esisodwa sezakhiwo ezingama-70, kungekhona isakhiwo sokugqibela seTwin Towers. I-Port Authority yaseNew York neNew Jersey yavuma ukujongana neprojekthi yokwakha.
Iiprojekti kunye noTshintsho lweziCwangciso
Ngokukhawuleza kwavela izibambiso kubahlali kunye namashishini aseManhattan amacandelo adibeneyo ekubhubhiseni ukwenza i-World Trade Centre. Ezi mbhikisho zilibazisekile ukwakha iminyaka emine. Izicwangciso zokugqibela zokugqibela zagqitywa zaza zavulwa ngumcebisi oyinqununu uMinoru Yamasaki ngo-1964.
Izicwangciso ezintsha zibizwa ngokuba yiZiko loRhwebo loHlabathi elinama-square ezigidi ezili-15 eziphakamileyo kwiindawo ezisixhenxe. Iimpawu zokudibanisa ukuma zimbini iinqaba eziza kudlulela ukuphakama koBukumkani beZakhiwo zikaRhulumente ngeenyawo ezili-100 kwaye zibe zizakhiwo ezide kunazo zonke zehlabathi.
Ukwakha iWorld Trade Centre
Ukwakhiwa kweeNqaba zoLuntu zeZwe loRhwebo lwaqala ngo-1966.
Inqaba yesantla yagqitywa ngowe-1970; Umbhobho wasezantsi wagqitywa ngowe-1971. Iindonga zazakhelwa ngokusebenzisa inkqubo entsha yokwakheka kwe-drywall eyomelezwa yimizi yensimbi, eyenza ibe yindawo yokuqala yezakhiwo eyakhayo ngaphandle kokusetyenziswa kwamatye. Iindonga ezimbini - nge-1368 kunye ne-1362 iinyawo kunye neendali ezili-110 nganye - zilungele iNgingqi yoBukumkani baseBukhosi ukuba zibe zizakhiwo ezide kakhulu kwihlabathi. I-World Trade Center - kuquka i-Twin Towers kunye nezinye izakhiwo ezine-ngokuvulwa ngokusemthethweni ngowe-1973.
I-New York City Landmark
Ngomnyaka we-1974, umculi waseFransi oonxibelelwano oluphezulu lweefayile uPhilie Petit wenza iintloko ngokuhamba ngaphesheya kwekhefu ephakathi kweentonga zeendonga ezimbini ngaphandle kokukhupha. Indawo yokutyela eyaziwa ngehlabathi, iWindows kwiHlabathi, yavuleka phezulu kwintlanzi esenyakatho ngowe-1976. Indawo yokutyela yayingconywa ngabagxeki njengenye yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwihlabathi kwaye yanikezela ngenye imibono ekhangayo kwiNew York City. KwiNqweliso yaseMzantsi, ipakethe yoluntu ebizwa ngokuba yi "Top of the World" inika imibono efanayo kwiNew York kunye nakwiindwendwe. I-World Trade Centre nayo yaqala inkwenkwezi kumafilimu amaninzi, kuquka neendima ezingenakulibaleka ekubalekeni kweNew York , ngo-1976 ukubuyiswa kukaKong Kong , kunye noSuperman .
Uloyiko kunye neNkathazo kwiZiko loRhwebo loHlabathi
Ngowe-1993, iqela lamagqabhagqha lashiya i-van egcwele iziqhuqhumbiso kwindawo yokupaka engaphantsi komhlaba.
Ukuqhuma okubangela ukubulawa kwabulawa ezithandathu kwaye kwalimala ngaphezu kwewaka, kodwa kwakungekho monakalo omkhulu kwi-World Trade Centre.
Ngokudabukisayo, ukuhlaselwa kwamagorha kaSeptemba 11, 2001, kwabangela ukutshatyalaliswa okukhulu. Izigulane zaza zihamba ngeeplani ezimbini kwiiNqaba zoLhwebo zeHlabathi, ezibangele ukutshabalalisa, ukutshabalalisa iindonga, nokufa kwabantu abayi-2,749.
Namhlanje, i-World Trade Centre ihlala i-icon yeSixeko saseNew York , iminyaka emva kokutshatyalaliswa kwayo.
- Ukuhlaziywa ngu-Elissa Garay