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lots of unverifiable claims on the page currently

would spend time checking through old revisions if I could. 70.71.25.207 (talk) 05:34, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Then by all means do it. I don't have much time now, so I can't do it myself. Epic Genius (talk) 20:18, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Wouldn't it save a lot of time and disinformation to report how much the complex was losing annually by the turn of the century?
Where would we find out the facts about that (and assuming that the State of New York had no reason to hide their motives.)

Weatherlawyer (talk) 14:08, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Topping out versus Completion

The dates given for "completion" for 1/2 WTC are actually the topping out dates, wherein the building is structurally complete, but may not be fully complete (concrete floors, fireproofing, MEP systems, etc.). Neither building was fully completed until 1972/1973, although they had opened to tenants by 1970 and 1971 respectively.

Is this by design? Or would it be prudent to change the infobox to the correct information? Airlane (talk) 00:31, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Asbestos in the Original World Trade Center Twin Towers.

Hello! I have read on the internet that the first 20 floors of the Twin Towers had asbestos containing materials[1]. This might be an important information that should be added into the main article or in the "9/11 Conspiracy theories" article but I think that more research must been done before this information goes to the main article. You are more than welcome to leave any comments, research, and suggestions under the "Comments, suggestions and research" section below. Thank you! --Torninterconnected (talk) 23:52, 18 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments, suggestions and research

This article should help: "FIREPROOFING" AT THE WTC TOWERS, 10/01/2002, by Roger G. MORSE[2] Mregelsberger (talk) 08:23, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tongue-in-cheek meaning

From the source listed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_(1973%E2%80%932001)#cite_note-94), it directly reads as to why the towers were each 110-stories:

"...His tongue-in-cheek answer: "I didn't want to lose the human scale."'

From http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tongue-in-cheek, the definition of "tongue-in-cheek" means:

"Meant or expressed ironically or facetiously."


Clearly, Yamasaki's answer is a JOKE, not to be taken seriously, this line has now been corrected, but often gets reverted back as if he literally meant he didn't want to lose a "human element" when the source itself clearly states this was a jokingly made response. Please keep it, for some reason people often take this site as factual (it clearly isn't when it's not only not peer reviewed but when legitimately fixed errors like this are reverted back to their original mistake it makes it even more unreliable). Thank you2602:304:CFD3:2EE0:E42C:7D5E:31CA:82A0 (talk) 17:50, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not use caps, it is considered shouting. Whilst accepting the dictionary explanation, that does not mean it was meant as a joke and is the author's opinion and not Yamasaki's own. Therefore, the edit has been reverted back. David J Johnson (talk) 17:56, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Then the section isn't quoted right, and clearly admins like YOU are why this site is VERY inaccurate, it's using a quote from the SAME ARTICLE! By the way, it's not shouting, it's stressing words!!2602:304:CFD3:2EE0:E42C:7D5E:31CA:82A0 (talk) 17:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That's what italics are for. clpo13(talk) 22:26, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Overall structure

The Lease section appears to break up the logical contiguity between the Incidents and Destruction sections. Can it be brought forwards, please? I would suggest its natural home is at the end of the Design section, possibly as a subsection to a new and wider Financing section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.193.87.148 (talk) 16:07, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The design section has one layout drawing showing the elevators in the core. While this is interesting as a sideline, structural aspects of the building would seem more important to me. A typical floor layout showing the steel structure should therefore be added. Such drawings can be found on the 9-11 Research page[3]. Photographs, which give a true idea of the amount of steel built into the structure would also be helpful[4]. I can add that, if we agree. Mregelsberger (talk) 08:45, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

business computers

Hallo, what I mis , overall, is the description how big part off the economic system littery disapeared in the dust clouds. how many computer-servers were installed, as hardware, in the towers? how many data is destroyed aswell, by destroying the computers? how many bussiness-orders disapeared? are there companies wiped in person and hardware? sorry for the crude question. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.17.27.144 (talk) 18:39, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)
The World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. It featured landmark twin towers, which opened on April 4, 1973, and were the tallest buildings in the world. The other five buildings were completed between 1975 and 1985.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda-affiliated hijackers flew two Boeing 767 jets into the twin towers in a coordinated act of terrorism. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower collapsed, followed 29 minutes later by the North Tower. Falling debris and fires led to the partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the complex and caused catastrophic damage to surrounding structures. The attacks killed 2,606 people in and around the towers, as well as all 157 on board the two aircraft.Photograph: Carol M. Highsmith; edit: Soerfm

Archive – More featured pictures...
  1. ^ http://www.asbestos.com/world-trade-center/
  2. ^ http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-155/issue-10/world-trade-center-disaster/volume-ii-the-ruins-and-the-rebirth/fireproofing-at-the-wtc-towers.html
  3. ^ http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/plans/frames.html
  4. ^ http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/photos/wtccons2.html
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