The Twin Towers housed thousands of lives that were brought to an unspeakable end 20 years ago. I watched those buildings as they grew into the New York landscape. As time passed and they took ...

Since the public opening on April 4, 1973, New York’s iconic Twin Towers remained a symbol of the city up until the tragic September 11 attacks. Take a look back at the iconic structures thro… ...

Camilo José Vergara View of a passing banana boat and the Twin Towers from Red Hook, Brooklyn, 1978. Camilo José Vergara View from Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1978.

In the 1990s, there was no New York City skyline without the Twin Towers. They hobnobbed with Lady Liberty and the Empire State Building on any souvenir plate or T-shirt. They flanked Superman or ...

The 110-storey twin towers, constructed from 1966 to 1973, both had open-plan floor designs, with stairs and elevators located in the buildings’ core.