Description:
Written before September 11th, "Twin Towers" demonstrates how engineers prepared the site and solved complex problems in order to erect each 110-story tower. Host Barry Qualls interviews Author Angus Gillespie, who discusses the contrast between the architectural community's disdain for the towers' design and the public's enthusiastic acceptance of the buildings as a symbol of New York.
Speaker(s):
Angus Gillespie, professor, American Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Barry Qualls, dean, FAS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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