In Memory of The World Trade Center:
1973 - 2001

The World Trade Center was created by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to bring together business and government agencies involved with international trade. Two 110 story towers with aluminum facing were flanked by brown, low buildings and a plaza larger than Piazza San Marco in Venice. The complex offered more than 10 million square feet of rentable office space, or seven times the area of the Empire State Building.

The twin towers overshadowed Manhattan's skyline, changing it forever. Yet a visit to the top of Tower One and its restaurant Windows on the World, or the observation deck in Tower Two, was a visual feast for its urban vistas.

The mountain climber George Willig scaled Tower Two. Philippe Petit tightroped between the Towers. Both men brought romance and drama into the world of the accounting balance sheet. Now all that remains is the memory.