The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed during the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. At the time of their completion, the Twin Towers—the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower) at 1,368 feet (417 m); and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower) at 1,362 feet (415.1 m)—were the tallest buildings in the world. Other buildings in the complex included the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC), 4 WTC, 5 WTC, 6 WTC, and 7 WTC. The complex contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space and, prior to its completion, was projected to accommodate an estimated 130,000 people.
The core complex was built between 1966 and 1975, at a cost of $400 million (equivalent to $3.56 billion in 2022). The idea was suggested by David Rockefeller to help stimulate urban renewal in Lower Manhattan, and his brother Nelson, then New York’s 49th governor, signed the legislation to build it. The buildings at the complex were designed by Minoru Yamasaki. In 1998, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey decided to privatize it by leasing the buildings to a private company to manage. It awarded the lease to Silverstein Properties in July 2001.
During its existence, the World Trade Center symbolized globalization and the economic power of America. Although its design was initially criticized by New York citizens and professional critics —”they put up the boxes instead of the buildings”—the Twin Towers became an icon of New York City. It had a major role in popular culture, and according to one estimate was depicted in 472 films. The Twin Towers were also used in Philippe Petit’s tightrope-walking performance on August 7, 1974. Following the September 11 attacks, mentions of the complex in various media were altered or deleted, and several dozen “memorial films” were created.
“It’s alright,” Jeffrey Goddard said to a group of neighbors on the street as officers escorted him to a patrol car in handcuffs. “I’ll be back.”
Days earlier, neighbors said Goddard told them he deserves to live in the Clairemont house where he’d spent nearly every night for more than a week.
Thing is, he didn’t buy the house and he isn’t renting it either.
Goddard told officers he saw it on the news last month, after carbon monoxide poisoning sent the 84-year-old homeowner to the hospital. The homeowner’s adult daughter was found inside the home dead.
Soon after, neighbors tell NBC 7 they watched Goddard change the locks, replace the door and even receive Amazon packages.
The National Association of Realtors (who smartly reeled back their launch of a $250,000 new-logo-that-looked-like-the-old-logo campaign), is running new ads in ‘a limited campaign targeting millennials’.
Here are samples – I’ll wait over here by the phone for those millennial calls:
Just ten years after Zillow came out with their website that is now attracting 72% of the eyeballs looking for homes for sale, our MLS is launching their second attempt at a public-facing portal – and you get the data directly from the MLS!
The National Association of Realtors is on the ropes.
They know that Zillow and others are producing effective, big-time advertising that benefit realtors directly. But finally, N.A.R. has responded, and spent some of the $120 million+ in annual dues collected on sharp, provocative advertising with vital impact.
Here they demonstrate their commitment to realtors with not one but two new heart-stopping ads to help us sell more homes:
