This Day in History January 18, 1964

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It's so hard to even see a picture of these beloved towers.  When I went to New York, I remember seeing them.  I used to have a picture of them, and the skyline of New York is just not the same without them.  But on this date in 1964, the plans for the Twin towers were made public.  They had such a boom of people and business following WWII, and the plans were to have 110 million square feet of office space in these towers.    They never could have dreamed that less than forty years later these beautiful towers would be the sight of the worst terrorist attack in our history.

For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_the_World_Trade_Center
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/magazine/08wtc-timeline.html
http://famousdaily.com/history/plans-are-revealed-for-the.html