World Trade Center

Þæt **World Trade Center** (ēac **WTC** gehāten) ƿæs bysignesheall of seofon hūsum mid gehālre flōrbrādnesse of 1,24 millionum m² geleged in þǣm fæsthafolheortan of Nīƿre Eoforƿīce Burge.

Þæt WTC ƿæs ūtƿorpen of ǣghƿæþrum ge þǣm Americaniscan timborƿyrhtan Minoru Yamasaki ge burhƿyrhtan Leslie E. Robertson and gebrǣded of þǣm *[[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]*. Be 1960. gēare cƿōm þæt *[[Downtown-Lower Manhattan Development Association]]* (*DLMA*), geƿeardod and gerihted of David Rockefeller, mid þǣm geþōhte of sumum Ƿoruldhandelstede sƿāþæt hē Nīƿe Eoforƿīc eft gelibbe. David Rockefeller ƿearþ of his āgenum brōþor geholpen forþǣm þe his brōþor ānƿealda tō rīce Nīƿre Eoforƿīca ƿæs. Þæt World Trade Center ƿearþ, ēac eallum World Trade Centers þǣre ƿorulde, hēafodsetl þæs *[[World Trade Centers Association]]*-es. Be þǣm 24. dæge Æfterran Līðan þæs 2001. gēares ƿearþ þæt WTC gelīesed tō Larry Silverstein.

Þæt WTC stōd becened æt his tƿǣm 110 flōr-tellendan tƿinstīplum, se *North Tower* (Norþstīpel) and se *South Tower* (Sūþstīpel). Ætsomne drōgon hīe naman *Twin Towers* (Tƿinstīplas). Þā stīplas begen ƿǣron hīehsta healla be Nīƿre Eoforƿīce and be ƿorulde þā hīe geopnodon be 1973. gēare; Norþstīpel ƿæs 417 metera hēah, and Sūþstīpel 415 metera hēah. World Trade Center georne fǣrlīce ƿearþ unmissendlīc underdǣl æt Nīƿre Eoforƿīce and ƿearþ þǣre gehālan ƿorulde gesaƿen sƿā hēafodtācn þǣra Geānedena Rīca American.

Be þǣm 13. Solmōnaðes þæs 1975. gēares ƿearþ WTC tōhrinen of ælede and be þǣm 26. Solmōnaðes þæs 1993. gebærst sum fȳræg, and þæt ƿæs ǣrest torngemōt gēan WTC. Ac be þǣm 11. Hāligmōnaðes þæs 2001. gēares ƿurdon þā Tƿinstīplas begen acƿeald þanne tƿegen gedƿelede lyftƿægnas flugon rihte þǣm heallum binnan.

Eftbyldung þāra healla mid sumre nīƿan gesceafte biþ nū on fullum ƿege. Openung þæs hēafodboldes, *[[One World Trade Center]]*, ƿierþ gebāsnod be þǣm 2014. gēare.

## Gerecednes
### Ǣrra geþynge
Rihte æfter þǣm Ōþran Ƿoruldgūþe, þanne ƿæs fæsthafolnes ƿel tō fullgrōƿenne, gebāsnode mann great geþynge ƿoruldbehandle. Þǣrof ƿolde Nīƿeoforƿīc hæfenburh genēotan, þǣræt cƿōmon ǣlāttēoƿas tō Nīƿeoforƿīce mid þǣm geþance sumne ƿoruldbehandolstede tō gebyldenne.

Mann hogode þæt Nīƿe Eoforƿīc bet mæge efenlǣcan mid ōþrum hæfnum forþȳ þe eall ƿerod under þæce gesǣton. Be þǣm 1946. gēare ƿearþ þǣre laga gesceāden þis tō byldenne. Þæt *[[World Trade Corporation]]* ƿearþ gerihted and bestandende ānƿealda Thomas E. Dewey stealde gemōt geador. *[[World Trade Corporation]]* mōste gehygas ūtƿeorpan for ƿoruldhandelstede. Timborƿyrhta John Eberson and his sunu Drew forestealdon 21 healla tō gebȳenne mid gehālre flōrbrādnesse of 465.000 m². Þis ƿǣre gelimpeþ be nānum ambihtgerūmum þēah gerūm æt behandolƿerodum hīere gōd tō pundum tō ƿeardienne. Þes gehyge sceolde $1.50 millionas gecostian. Ac ūt mearcetsōcne nǣre se gehyge nealles sƿā geldspariend sƿā eftnēoƿunge and brǣdunge þæs hæfnes þe efn betra sceolde ƿeorþan.

Þæt geþōht sumes ƿoruldbehandolstedes eftnæm gerūm tīene gēar lǣtra bufan ƿætre. Lower Manhattan þā underēode grēate nȳd. Mænige ƿerodas geleordon tō Midtown Manhattan. David Rockefeller, dihtend þæs *[[Chase Manhattan Bank]]*-es, gelēafde mā on Lower Manhattan-e. Be 1956. gēare rihtte hē þæt *[[Downtown-Lower Manhattan Development Association]]* (*DLMA*). Þis gemētung mōste ācunnian þis gefeall tō stopienne. Hē ācunnode tō Lower Manhattan-e eft līf binnan tō blōƿenne mid sumum nīƿan hēafodambihtbolde (*[[One Chase Manhattan Plaza]]*) tō his bance be Lower Manhattan-e tō gebȳenne. Þis ne macode þissa lȳtel besceād, and þēos stōƿ gīet mōste ƿiþ mænig geandǣl gehnǣstan. Mid bysgung-, gamen- and ƿununglēaste næs Lower Manhattan nealles fǣger.

David Rockefeller ƿolde hit þissa greatra. *DLMA* frægn *[[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]]* sum grēatra foresteall æt Lower Manhattan-e tō stellenne. Þis timborgeƿyrhthūs blēoƿ þæt geþōht sumes *World Trade Center*-es eft līf binnan and forestealde þis be *[[East River]]*-e to gebȳenne. David Rockefeller fand þæt hit ƿunderlīc geþōht ƿæs, hē efn hupode þæt þæt *[[World Trade Center]]* æt Lower Manhattan dō, sƿā sƿā þæt Rockefeller Center æt Midtown Manhattan dyde. Rockefeller Center ƿearþ gebȳed of John D. Rockefeller Jr. fæder tō David. Be 1958. gēare forestealde lēodum David his foresteall sƿā ‘*The billion dollar plan*’ (“*Billion-dollar Foresteall*”).

[left|thumb|[Nelson Rockefeller þā ānƿealda tō Nīƿeoforƿīce ƿæs.]]
In dǣdum næfdon David and his DLMA nealles nāhƿæðer þā meaht noþþe geld genōg tō cunnenne gebȳan þæt *World Trade Center*. David ƿearþ of Nelson Rockefeller his brōþor fultum geseald, þe þā ānƿealda tō Nīƿeoforƿīce ƿæs. Nelson ƿel hæfde ambihtlīce miht, and sƿylce sealde hē ambihtlīca helpa þǣm geþōhte tō. Lǣtra sægde man þæt þā tƿintorras sƿā David and Nelson gehāten sceoldon ƿeorþan onþȳ þe David and Nelson Rockefeller þā stīplas gebȳan cūðon.

David Rockefeller nēodde in þǣre dǣde mā fultum and hē gesōhte sumne lādrinc þe genōg ambihtlīca and searucræftlīca spēda hæfde, þæt hīe sƿylce grēatan geþeaht gescieppan mihten. Ēac ƿæs māra ambihtfultum ƿilcume tō ƿesenne.