World
Trade Center : past, present, future / text by Peter Skinner ; preface by Mike
Wallace
White Star,
Vercelli : 2011
[2nd] ed.
rev.
192 p. :
principalmente il. col.
ISBN 9788854405851
Materias:
Biblioteca Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.011.27 WOR
The Twin Towers were a proud symbol of New York's dynamism,
energy, and vital importance in international commerce. When they fell on
September 11, 2001, killing thousands, a city was left heartbroken and shocked.
World Trade Center pays homage to the creative talent that made these
extraordinary structures possible. It follows the entire life of the Towers,
from their construction to their tragic destruction, through a huge selection
of stunning and nostalgic photographs. But the book also looks to the future
with hope, moving beyond the catastrophe to see a future when a rebuilt Ground
Zero flourishes again.
Peter Skinner has a degree in modern history from Oxford
University. A longtime resident of Greenwich Village, he witnessed both the
building and destruction of the World Trade Center. Skinner specializes in New
York City affairs, writing and editing material for federal, state and city
agencies and for many universities in the New York region. He is the author of
a prize-winning guidebook focuses on the interests and needs of business
executives relocating to the city.
Mike Wallace, coauthor of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Gotham:
A History of New York City to1898, is Distinguished Professor of History at
John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York). He is also
Director of the Gotham Center for New York City History at the CUNY Graduate
School.
Giorgio Tartaro works with the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia
Treccani in Rome, and writes for the architecture magazine, Domus.
