I've done some research on this, and apparently this photo at 16:42 was taken at 8:30 on September 11th, 2001, only 16 minutes before the attack, which is mind blowing.
These buildings were absolutely impressive. It’s really heartbreaking to know that they were destroyed along with around 3,000 people dying that day. Big respect to all of the firefighters and police officers that tried to help. May all of those people rest happily now.
I see lots of videos on these beautiful Towers I once had the privilege of working at--the South Tower, 86th floor. I'm not the only person who would love to see them rebuilt. What's there now it beyond ugly and insulting.
I just love to imagine myself to be in the 1980s to 1990s. Living in Brooklyn and have friends and family travel to World Trade Center for Mall Shopping with iconic songs on the speakers. It’s just so amazing how it is to live in that year.
There's something about the inaccessibility of the past that makes these buildings special. Same for the people who cannot be heard anymore, when you become of working age it isn't hard to believe any one of them could have been a co-worker, friend or even a faithful other. You realize what they had and lost in that moment... Every single one of them is still with us, we may not have known them in person, perhaps only their name and a face, that's already their significance edged in ourselves. And the towers themselves too, even people born decades after will remember these were once reality, carrying the hopes and dreams of so many, the meaningfulness becomes profound when we cannot visit them anymore.
Even if they try to rebuild them again, I’m not sure that it will turn out to be as beautiful and ideal as it was before. Previously, people knew how to build and there was aesthetics, but now I’m not sure. 06.25.24.
Yeah this song needs recommendation. Not to be off topic here, but I would picture this song playing in a movie where the main protagonist is depressed.
I'm Canadian, and the Twin Towers were probably one of the most beautiful towers in NY. They were simple in design, yet they were captivating because of their size. Seeing this video of the progression of their building to now was amazing and devastating. It is strange to love something that is just a building. I personally don't like the new world trade center and I have always wanted to visit the Twin Towers. When people think of NY, they usually think of the Statue of Liberty, the yellow cabs, or the Empire State Building. To me, the Twin Towers will always be the symbol of the State, and I can't explain why. The CN Tower was also built in the 70s. Two (or three if counting the Twin Towers as two) very well-known structures were being built at that time. Seeing the Twin Towers in older films and shows haunt me, and also bring sadness. Sometimes I pause the scene and stare at them. The amount of life loss from the events of 9/11 is forever engraved in all the minds in the world. Nearly everyone knows of the incident. These towers - although now long gone, still stand tall in memory. I only hope America one day becomes the country that soldiers fought for. I really hope the States can learn to love and stand united with peace and humility instead of guns and hate. One of the first things I'd do if I could go back in time is to see the Twin Towers. They are majestic! Rest easy to all the victims and their loved ones who have to live with the pain forever. Hopefully, we will never have to see anything close to another 9/11.
Personally, I like the simple look of the TT, but the look of the new one is very different, in my opinion, and I think that if they had made an exact replica of the Twin Towers,For some or many, it would be something like revisiting a painful past, so in my view, the idea they had was smart
The new building is actually beautiful in person its underwhelming from photos but genuinely one of the most captivating sights i've ever taken in. Especially when standing at the memorial looking up at the building it's incredibly emotional even as someone who wasn't alive when the tragedy happened.
From 1931 to 1973, the Empire State Building was the tallest building in the World. The Twin Towers surpassed the Empire State as tallest when they finished construction. The Sears Tower would then replace the Twins whenever it was constructed. America pushed the skyscraper revolution that we now see all over the World. It pushed people to build incredible buildings.
the following year Sears was finished, but they went up together, with Sears surpassing the WTC- they planned that from the beginning, they didn't need a 110-story building (really, 108 with a couple service floors they add to make 110), but purposely did that so they could have the tallest in the world as Sears was the largest store in the world at the time, and wanted to make a bold statement.
The CN Tower in Toronto Canada surpassed both the wtc and sears tower in 1973. Sears tower was completed in may of 73 when the CN Tower was completed in February. You're info is wrong.
16:43 its very hard to believe this image was taken at 8:30AM on 9/11. It looked like it was gonna be another good day but 16 minutes later, it all came crashing down.
@@MBTRUJILLOGHIt made many people happy. Or do you think the US can invade several countries, kill millions of innocent people and not have any enemies? They had it coming, and even more.
I mean they were plane proof under reasonable circumstances for planes that existed in the 1970s. They only anticipated accident crashes at low speed with low fuel lost in the fog not full of fuel at full speed with more fuel
It's a shame all that work, with all that planning, and all that building to be undone in such a short period of time. They served their purpose for almost 30 years.
Taking those buildings down had been in Osama's head since at least 1997. He recruited Atta & Co. for the task around 1999. Refined the plan the 1993 Algerian hi jackers had and struck. He himself admitted the plan went way better than he had planned(With the towers collapsing). Tragic
Songs 0:08 Rhythm of the Falling rain by the cascades 2:26 Blame it on the boogie by the Jacksons 6:01 we built this city by Starship 10:32 Baby one more time by Britney Spears (Idk the 2000s one)
Did anyone else get an eeerie feeling at 3.02 withe the shadow of thT bird over the towers, isn't that the section first plane went into the North tower?
In 2023 if the twin towers were around today they would’ve been around for 50 years. This is a pretty good tribute video to show the memory of the twin towers I do not care what anyone says I prefer the twin towers over the new complex I will defend this architecture until I die And RIP to all the victims of 911 and 93 bombing. The perpetrators who killed these people and destroyed these buildings I hope they are rotting in hell.
I think that Osama bin Laden believes that he would NEVER be held accountable for the atrocity called 9/11. Old Binny didn't think--or maybe he did-- that forensic accountants would track the money he spent to achieve his dream from the Florida flight schools. Old Binny didn't account for the US to track down the paymaster and the architect. Old Binny didn't count on the US discovering his courier system and tracking him to his front door. And Old Binny didn't count on the US standing in his bedroom and shooting a bullet into his head. Old Binny thought he could kill innocent people without some consequence to himself. He thought wrong!
@@shawnlittle3091 no one calls it the willis tower tho. Everyone still refers to it as sears tower. Just like the new WTC building. Everyone calls it Freedom tower. It just sticks....
I watched the towers rise as a child and my father worked for a Company that supplied materials to the Trade centers. I worked in NYC during the 80's and 90's and the towers in the early years were not that loved but became part of the landscape and were accepted and beloved but most New Yorkers. watching them fall was something I can never forget.
@@ЮрийАндреев-э7р Since they were modern style box building and did clash with the Art Deco skyline NY'ers were not a fan of them right away. But I found them very useful because they were so tall you kinda always knew where you at in relation to lower Manhattan.
As a resident of Maryland, I've come to learn to value landmarks and important structures a lot more in the recent times. 😓 (For a context: I'm a member of Gen Z, who was born years after 9/11.)
How they fell suggest a lot of foul play that went on that day, the planes were just a decoy. The buildings initially withstood the impact!! Your government is lying to you.
Those two Towers were incredible with so many different types of stores restaurants and even a workout gym. It was a great place for all people. I would of liked to have the opportunity to visit it in the 90’s that’s when I was younger and more adventurous. I feel sad when I see pictures of the towers seem like a part of New York they stood for unity and humanity. 🇺🇸💫✨💖💙
Its crazy how sentimental these buildings are to so many of us. You truly dont know what you got until its gone. I miss going to Windows on the world. That place was an experience!!
Knowing what happened is awful 😭 but in 2001 I was a baby young to comprehend what was happening my condolences to anyone that lost someone on 9/11 may all those wonderful rest in peace
Greetings from western Massachusetts, my heart broke that day and still is. I used to love to visit NewYork and went up to the observation deck inside and took the escalator to the roof, there was nothing like it. Beautiful scenery, especially at night with the city and the bridges all lit up. I haven’t been back to Manhattan since. Bring a Yankees fan, I can only bring myself to go as far as the Bronx. My friends and family say I should go back to the sight, but I’d probably lose it emotionally. I can’t imagine being a New Yorker and having to witness a part of my city destroyed😢 I often think of those poor lives that were lost in those towers. Those who’ve never visited those buildings have no idea how high and how large they were. Videos and tv don’t do them justice. 😢❤️🙏🏻
I am Brazilian. In 2001, when I was 10 years old, I saw the news in the newspaper without paying much attention. I'm struck by the grandeur of New York and its towers. feel happy, you saw all this up close. The United States is a great country.
western masshole here too! and it’s cool you were able to make a visit to the towers before the tragedy. i wasn’t even born when it happened, yet im so fascinated with the WTC and always have dreams of being there and what it looked like being so high above the city. such a shame
When you see how they were constructed, they were really just hollow skeletons held together with nuts and bolts. They look strong and impressive on the outside though.
I agree. There doesn't seemed to be an especially strong central core/spine of the building from the looks of it. Just metal frame all around and then added metal covered with concrete as facade. I might be wrong though, but that's what it seemed to me.
@@TheBodiesInTheWaterBeckons it's my understanding that the floors were just steel plate over the trusses, with a concrete slab over the top. Walls were just plaster board stud wall jobs, all intended to be light weight.
@@TheBodiesInTheWaterBeckonsIt was lightweight steel trusses that connected the perimeter columns to the core columns also providing for floor span. A metal sheet deck was added over and then poured over with 4 inch thick concrete to reinforce the metal deck. The floors and perimeter columns were also largely pre assembled on the ground on pulled up in sections with a crane., then being bolted together
It’s quite sad that the engineers put so much effort and dedication into constructing these towers only for all their hard work to collapse 3 decades later.
The collapse of the twin towers marked the beginning of the decline of American supremacy. That's the onely merit i can think about osama Bin laden. But it killed a lot of people, that's sad.
That photo was actually taken in Jersey City with that landfill later becoming modern-day Liberty State Park just a few years after that photo was taken.
It’s sad how evil people are to take down these 2 huge buildings with thousands of people in them, all the innocent people just trying to live their lives in those buildings.
@@MaddieM_11 Isn't this auto-translating feature great?! 😃 I love being able to communicate freely with speakers of languages I don't know, without using 3rd parties.
The best skyline that ever existed. ___ I I__ I especially like the moment when the World Financial Center is build in the 80s. It's just a perfect match to the Twins.
I would have loved to live during the existence of the Twin Towers. Such wonderful times the 70s, 80s and 90s were. And I enjoyed listening to the playlist incorporated into the video. ❤
Man I wish we still have the twin towers today it's so iconic that it is the first building in the history of human kind to have hundred of floors and nobody can take that from the WTC 1 and 2.
In my opinion, the 80's was probably the decade that the Twin Towers really shined the most. The 70's, while they were good for them, they weren't fully completed until 1973, and they didn't have the big antenna on the North Tower as big as it was until the end of the 70's/start of the 80's. And the 90's is when Al-Qaeda started to try to take them down.
Glad you put the pics in chronological order this time. Kind of wish you used the original music from the first video though, it would have been nice to hear the full song.
What a beautiful compilation and showcase of history for this. Great video! Never got to visit the twins before they fell but it certainly affected my architectural studies and career focus going forward. The follow-up video of 2001-2023 was excellent as well.
A lot of people are saying that we should’ve built the old towers, the same way they were but I think we should’ve built the old towers and a new tower. In my perfect world, the freedom tower would be there alongside the twin towers.
Very nice video, as a Finnish I had no clue that those Twins were build just next to the shoreline and only road betwheen the docks. Landfilling has been done so much at there it seems. 9.11.01 for me was a casual day in high school at here, got home, opened a txt tv and saw some newsline about plane collision to a skyscraper. Did not think it for more than "oh probably it's some tiny airplane with 2-4 seats or so and some high building only. Well, when I changed to the news site, that was surely a weird evening at here to follow, and soon one plane did come too as live. Crazy day. RIP for all who did pass away and I wish all good for those who saw this or still suffer of it. Thank you for a nice collection of photos of these amazing buildings!
That huge empty space in the skyline after the collapse of the twin towers made it even harder for some people to heal after 9/11, especially the people of New York, so I'm really glad that the Freedom Tower was built and that it was able to fill a little bit of that void -- in the sky and in their hearts -- ultimately helping people continue to heal and move forward.
They were once so structurally massive, intimidating, and seemingly indestructible. But knowing how they sank away into nothing on that day, one can’t help but look at them in hindsight and think they appear somehow so vulnerable, even fragile…almost like they were always just figments of our imagination.
Just seeing the towers in this video with the majestic photos, and then in just 2 frames...they're gone. Really puts in perspective how much stuff happened in just one morning.
shame you didn't put the very last picture of the night lights shinning up into the sky where the towers once stood....my heart broke to watching the clips when we built this city song came on.. This was put together beautifully thanks for sharing ..
Thank you so much! I know in this video I didn't put the lights shinning up at the end but on my "Twin Towers in the 2000s" I did put a picture of the light beams at the end. I agree the 1980s with We Built This City is one of my favorite decades and song ever. Thank you once again for the positive comment ❤️
Blame It On The Boogie and We Built This City are good choices for their era! Also, appreciate the deep cut of including a song from Grand Theft Auto 3
I don’t know how those guys do it. Balls of steel, probably from working with all that iron lol. I would be shaking like a leaf trying to work on a narrow beam 1000’ above the ground
@@britneyspearsupdates249 well, it much better represents a bygone era than Brittany spears, especially considering that she is still somewhat relevant and annoying ass pop music like hers is still made and is probably the most popular genre
Britney spears, but definitely not the buildings. It was more than just the design that made them great, we built the tallest building in the world not once but twice.
I wish I was born in New York City during the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, or 2000 to before the day we lost them. It just looks so magical and to think that there was a time when these beautiful skyscrapers were standing is unreal. I get a weird feel of nostalgia or the urge to have damn time travel, because god, this sure was a time to be in New York.
RIP the twins, they existed for 28 years and man they just feel missing now, hey maybe they're living a better life in a better world now? But that's questionable since they're buildings lmfao.
I saw the Towers when I visited NYC in 1979. I was there to celebrate New Years at Times Square, and arrived a couple days ahead, so did some sight seeing. I took many pics of the WTC from inside and out, and some from the observation deck on Tower 2. I took many other pics as well, but I'm happy I got the pics of the original WTC. All of my 35mm pics are in 8 albums from NYC alone. I'm happy to have gotten pics of the way NYC used to be. RIP to the original WTC and all of those lost in the disaster and afterward. Never forget. (Jan Griffiths).
I am a bit amazed that they were quite close to the water line when construction started, then years go by and whole new block appeared between towers and Hudson river.
I've done some research on this, and apparently this photo at 16:42 was taken at 8:30 on September 11th, 2001, only 16 minutes before the attack, which is mind blowing.
So it's probably one of the last photos of the tower's
how do you know this ?
Moment before disaster?
@@jamiew1664its in the 9/11 memorial museum, they confirm it as such iirc
@@jamiew1664he searched it
These buildings were absolutely impressive. It’s really heartbreaking to know that they were destroyed along with around 3,000 people dying that day. Big respect to all of the firefighters and police officers that tried to help. May all of those people rest happily now.
Rest in peace those towers.
But people died, and that's end of.
Really is sad😢 a guy from Cleveland cheering up for New York.
I see lots of videos on these beautiful Towers I once had the privilege of working at--the South Tower, 86th floor. I'm not the only person who would love to see them rebuilt. What's there now it beyond ugly and insulting.
That’s even more deaths than Titanic… So sad…
But the construction itselve was a Doom
0:00 1960’s🗺️
2:25 1970’s🏗️
5:49 1980’s🏬
10:21 1990’s🌇
13:50 2000’s🗽
16:46 september 11 attacks😢
All of that construction for NOTHING!!!!!
@@teresatutinoto be honest yeah but also important known for being beautiful like the observation deck
"Forever" is actually a brilliant choice of song given the limited time that was left by the 2000s.
GTA 3 mate!
@@NEJIDI knew I recognised it from somewhere!
@@wirelad2007 Glad to hear that man.
I just love to imagine myself to be in the 1980s to 1990s. Living in Brooklyn and have friends and family travel to World Trade Center for Mall Shopping with iconic songs on the speakers. It’s just so amazing how it is to live in that year.
Yes❤
I definitely relate to you
it's the 60s and 70s for me 🙂
@@davidevans3227yes but NYC in the 60's and 70's is not a place were you can live in peace 😅 quite dangerous
i'm jealous icl
There's something about the inaccessibility of the past that makes these buildings special.
Same for the people who cannot be heard anymore, when you become of working age it isn't hard to believe any one of them could have been a co-worker, friend or even a faithful other. You realize what they had and lost in that moment...
Every single one of them is still with us, we may not have known them in person, perhaps only their name and a face, that's already their significance edged in ourselves.
And the towers themselves too, even people born decades after will remember these were once reality, carrying the hopes and dreams of so many, the meaningfulness becomes profound when we cannot visit them anymore.
Old WTC was what it made NYC special...Current buildings in Ground Zero will never achieve same special status, the original WTC was.
I feel like 9/11 will continue to be talked about by people long after our American civilization is no longer around.
So thoughtful, I am crying >.
Even if they try to rebuild them again, I’m not sure that it will turn out to be as beautiful and ideal as it was before. Previously, people knew how to build and there was aesthetics, but now I’m not sure. 06.25.24.
Unrelated, but I like your pfp. Clannad is an amazing anime.
Why is nobody talking about how good Rhythm of The Rain is? It’s literally the perfect song for the 60’s
Yeah this song needs recommendation. Not to be off topic here, but I would picture this song playing in a movie where the main protagonist is depressed.
@@MikeChhem yeah tbh
Yes I love this song
@@andrew_editz_yt26I’m obsessed with it
@@Darkvoid55 same
I'm Canadian, and the Twin Towers were probably one of the most beautiful towers in NY. They were simple in design, yet they were captivating because of their size. Seeing this video of the progression of their building to now was amazing and devastating. It is strange to love something that is just a building. I personally don't like the new world trade center and I have always wanted to visit the Twin Towers.
When people think of NY, they usually think of the Statue of Liberty, the yellow cabs, or the Empire State Building. To me, the Twin Towers will always be the symbol of the State, and I can't explain why.
The CN Tower was also built in the 70s. Two (or three if counting the Twin Towers as two) very well-known structures were being built at that time.
Seeing the Twin Towers in older films and shows haunt me, and also bring sadness. Sometimes I pause the scene and stare at them. The amount of life loss from the events of 9/11 is forever engraved in all the minds in the world. Nearly everyone knows of the incident. These towers - although now long gone, still stand tall in memory. I only hope America one day becomes the country that soldiers fought for. I really hope the States can learn to love and stand united with peace and humility instead of guns and hate.
One of the first things I'd do if I could go back in time is to see the Twin Towers. They are majestic!
Rest easy to all the victims and their loved ones who have to live with the pain forever. Hopefully, we will never have to see anything close to another 9/11.
i agree
Very nice
Amen
Personally, I like the simple look of the TT, but the look of the new one is very different, in my opinion, and I think that if they had made an exact replica of the Twin Towers,For some or many, it would be something like revisiting a painful past, so in my view, the idea they had was smart
The new building is actually beautiful in person its underwhelming from photos but genuinely one of the most captivating sights i've ever taken in. Especially when standing at the memorial looking up at the building it's incredibly emotional even as someone who wasn't alive when the tragedy happened.
That waffling construction is a haunting image now
From 1931 to 1973, the Empire State Building was the tallest building in the World. The Twin Towers surpassed the Empire State as tallest when they finished construction. The Sears Tower would then replace the Twins whenever it was constructed. America pushed the skyscraper revolution that we now see all over the World. It pushed people to build incredible buildings.
the following year Sears was finished, but they went up together, with Sears surpassing the WTC- they planned that from the beginning, they didn't need a 110-story building (really, 108 with a couple service floors they add to make 110), but purposely did that so they could have the tallest in the world as Sears was the largest store in the world at the time, and wanted to make a bold statement.
@@jackson5116 Ok?
The CN Tower in Toronto Canada surpassed both the wtc and sears tower in 1973. Sears tower was completed in may of 73 when the CN Tower was completed in February. You're info is wrong.
The CN tower is an observation deck on a stand, it’s not a true skyscraper and serves no purpose other than to achieve a height record.
@@30AndHatingIt it serves as a major radio beacon for both southern Ontario and western New York.
“hit me baby one more time” is the worst choice possible
How
@@Bj-240 “Hit” Me baby “one more time” when looking at the twin towers after they got hit
@@Mittenscat13 oh now i understand💀
Baby one more time too
*best. BEST choice possible. Stop with the fake sentiment it’s cringe
16:43 its very hard to believe this image was taken at 8:30AM on 9/11. It looked like it was gonna be another good day but 16 minutes later, it all came crashing down.
Literally
@@user-ds5co9pq4p
Bro has some dark ah humor.
I Like it…
But that’s crazy
💀💀💀
16:42: This photo was actually taken on 9/11, 16 minutes before the first plane hit.
Wait what really!? How do you know?!
You can find that image on several corners of the internet, it’s even on display at the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
Kinda scary to think about now tbh……
Whzt an eerie picture they were already doomed with way too many people (save 19 pos) and no one knew it
Probably, an organiser took it.
I just love the “We Built This City” song, just too good ❤
Why are these buildings so captivating? So haunting to see them and know there fate. Still can't believe 911 happened.
The 1st song fits perfectly with all the photos of NY with the towers being built
RIP World Trade Center 1973-2001
It Existed for 28 Years
😊
@@amMa-eo2zhur happy because of 9/11???
what is wrong with you
@@MBTRUJILLOGHIt made many people happy.
Or do you think the US can invade several countries, kill millions of innocent people and not have any enemies?
They had it coming, and even more.
Bro took out the whole lobby💀💀💀
i feel like we should have just built the towers the same, just plane proof.
Edit: Its not a joke I'm being serious....
But with one difference, built them one floor higher than original. A big middle finger to the terrorists "we come back taller"
I mean they were plane proof under reasonable circumstances for planes that existed in the 1970s. They only anticipated accident crashes at low speed with low fuel lost in the fog not full of fuel at full speed with more fuel
I agree. I miss the twin towers. The city skyline is just not the same 😢
I don’t like tall buildings. There is just no way for people to get out quickly when they are way up top
Bruh💀
It's a shame all that work, with all that planning, and all that building to be undone in such a short period of time. They served their purpose for almost 30 years.
Taking those buildings down had been in Osama's head since at least 1997.
He recruited Atta & Co. for the task around 1999.
Refined the plan the 1993 Algerian hi jackers had and struck.
He himself admitted the plan went way better than he had planned(With the towers collapsing). Tragic
@@jamiedavid8023 what a sick, sick man
@@cockatielethan5969 he surely was
@@jamiedavid8023I wonder what Osama bin Laden felt when those Seals broke into his bedroom and old Binny received a bullet in the head?
@@neptunedawn7121”Crap”
Two of the world's most beautiful towers
Isn't it just 2 rectangle? 🤐
@@marcellosirait_no the twin towers represent symbolized globalization and America's economic power and prosperity
@@marcellosirait_no
@@marcellosirait_2 beautifully made rectangles
Songs
0:08 Rhythm of the Falling rain by the cascades
2:26 Blame it on the boogie by the Jacksons
6:01 we built this city by Starship
10:32 Baby one more time by Britney Spears
(Idk the 2000s one)
2000 - (GTA III Lips 106) Lucy-Forever
Did anyone else get an eeerie feeling at 3.02 withe the shadow of thT bird over the towers, isn't that the section first plane went into the North tower?
Yes!
That is kinda disturbing
Final destination type shit
It was teasing the trailer
@carnage930 they don't call you by your user for nothing😭😭💀
In 2023 if the twin towers were around today they would’ve been around for 50 years.
This is a pretty good tribute video to show the memory of the twin towers
I do not care what anyone says I prefer the twin towers over the new complex I will defend this architecture until I die
And RIP to all the victims of 911 and 93 bombing.
The perpetrators who killed these people and destroyed these buildings I hope they are rotting in hell.
I think that Osama bin Laden believes that he would NEVER be held accountable for the atrocity called 9/11. Old Binny didn't think--or maybe he did-- that forensic accountants would track the money he spent to achieve his dream from the Florida flight schools. Old Binny didn't account for the US to track down the paymaster and the architect. Old Binny didn't count on the US discovering his courier system and tracking him to his front door. And Old Binny didn't count on the US standing in his bedroom and shooting a bullet into his head. Old Binny thought he could kill innocent people without some consequence to himself. He thought wrong!
If they were around today they would be the 23rd & 25th tallest buildings on the planet 24th being the Sears Tower
@@AeronNotAaron The Sears tower in Chicago they renamed it the Willis tower.
@@shawnlittle3091 no one calls it the willis tower tho. Everyone still refers to it as sears tower. Just like the new WTC building. Everyone calls it Freedom tower. It just sticks....
@@mapex311I know a couple ppl that calls it one world trade center
I watched the towers rise as a child and my father worked for a Company that supplied materials to the Trade centers. I worked in NYC during the 80's and 90's and the towers in the early years were not that loved but became part of the landscape and were accepted and beloved but most New Yorkers. watching them fall was something I can never forget.
I read somewhere that at first they were compared to 2 boxes of spaghetti
@@ЮрийАндреев-э7р Since they were modern style box building and did clash with the Art Deco skyline NY'ers were not a fan of them right away. But I found them very useful because they were so tall you kinda always knew where you at in relation to lower Manhattan.
As a resident of Maryland, I've come to learn to value landmarks and important structures a lot more in the recent times. 😓
(For a context: I'm a member of Gen Z, who was born years after 9/11.)
How they fell suggest a lot of foul play that went on that day, the planes were just a decoy. The buildings initially withstood the impact!! Your government is lying to you.
17:04 doesn’t even look like New York anymore
Ikr 😢
It makes me ill😢
Yeah it looks like a smaller city
It's just towers, they don't change the city's shape
@@RailfanningwithGabeandR142 they were the tallest buildings in the skyline, they definitely changed the skylines shape alot when they were gone.
Those two Towers were incredible with so many different types of stores restaurants and even a workout gym. It was a great place for all people. I would of liked to have the opportunity to visit it in the 90’s that’s when I was younger and more adventurous. I feel sad when I see pictures of the towers seem like a part of New York they stood for unity and humanity. 🇺🇸💫✨💖💙
Its crazy how sentimental these buildings are to so many of us. You truly dont know what you got until its gone. I miss going to Windows on the world. That place was an experience!!
Knowing what happened is awful 😭 but in 2001 I was a baby young to comprehend what was happening my condolences to anyone that lost someone on 9/11 may all those wonderful rest in peace
I don’t know why, watching the end of this kind of made me cry
"Hit me baby one more time" 💀
Lovely video, especially liked the inclusion of 'Forever' by Lucy, off the GTA III soundtrack!
That song was in the original version of this WTC evolution by Marc Yutsabe, but not the full song.
gta 3 is like what new york was like before it got all screwed up
GTA3 ❤❤❤
2:58 the shadow of the bird was kind of strange..like some sort of omen.
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Greetings from western Massachusetts, my heart broke that day and still is. I used to love to visit NewYork and went up to the observation deck inside and took the escalator to the roof, there was nothing like it. Beautiful scenery, especially at night with the city and the bridges all lit up. I haven’t been back to Manhattan since. Bring a Yankees fan, I can only bring myself to go as far as the Bronx. My friends and family say I should go back to the sight, but I’d probably lose it emotionally. I can’t imagine being a New Yorker and having to witness a part of my city destroyed😢 I often think of those poor lives that were lost in those towers. Those who’ve never visited those buildings have no idea how high and how large they were. Videos and tv don’t do them justice. 😢❤️🙏🏻
I am Brazilian. In 2001, when I was 10 years old, I saw the news in the newspaper without paying much attention. I'm struck by the grandeur of New York and its towers. feel happy, you saw all this up close. The United States is a great country.
western masshole here too! and it’s cool you were able to make a visit to the towers before the tragedy. i wasn’t even born when it happened, yet im so fascinated with the WTC and always have dreams of being there and what it looked like being so high above the city. such a shame
@@-valmetal-me too except eastern masshole here
I love the 1970s song too much, Michael Jackson voice is so fun and he is my favorite singer😮😊
Man, music back in the day were the best.
Michael Jackson didn't even create this song
And it just sounds like him.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame_It_on_the_Boogie came out in 1978 though, a few years after building completion.
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When you see how they were constructed, they were really just hollow skeletons held together with nuts and bolts. They look strong and impressive on the outside though.
You got a point , that explains how they came down easily
I agree. There doesn't seemed to be an especially strong central core/spine of the building from the looks of it. Just metal frame all around and then added metal covered with concrete as facade. I might be wrong though, but that's what it seemed to me.
@@TheBodiesInTheWaterBeckons it's my understanding that the floors were just steel plate over the trusses, with a concrete slab over the top. Walls were just plaster board stud wall jobs, all intended to be light weight.
@@TheBodiesInTheWaterBeckonsIt was lightweight steel trusses that connected the perimeter columns to the core columns also providing for floor span. A metal sheet deck was added over and then poured over with 4 inch thick concrete to reinforce the metal deck. The floors and perimeter columns were also largely pre assembled on the ground on pulled up in sections with a crane., then being bolted together
Still not enough to bring down by mere airplanes. Don’t kid yourself
It’s quite sad that the engineers put so much effort and dedication into constructing these towers only for all their hard work to collapse 3 decades later.
Not to mention how long it took to build them and how little time it took for the terrorists to destroy them. :(
Almost like they built them that way
The collapse of the twin towers marked the beginning of the decline of American supremacy. That's the onely merit i can think about osama Bin laden. But it killed a lot of people, that's sad.
People died during construction..
Insurance time needed to end
Great video! Even better, with The Jacksons in it. You’ve got great taste in music!
4:04 This photo is beautiful and tragic, if I’m correct it’s taken at the fresh kills landfill where the towers remains ended up for processing
That photo was actually taken in Jersey City with that landfill later becoming modern-day Liberty State Park just a few years after that photo was taken.
It’s sad how evil people are to take down these 2 huge buildings with thousands of people in them, all the innocent people just trying to live their lives in those buildings.
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@@xzbroybut they worked there….
The US is the evil in this world.
They killed millions of innocent people, and are responsible for this also.
@@MaddieM_11 Isn't this auto-translating feature great?! 😃
I love being able to communicate freely with speakers of languages I don't know, without using 3rd parties.
The best skyline that ever existed. ___ I I__
I especially like the moment when the World Financial Center is build in the 80s.
It's just a perfect match to the Twins.
Beautiful put together and I love all the music, even Brittany, thank you for this❤
What a great evolution the Twin Towers suffer in 2000's
2000s millenium & decade.
I would have loved to live during the existence of the Twin Towers. Such wonderful times the 70s, 80s and 90s were. And I enjoyed listening to the playlist incorporated into the video. ❤
It was the worst period for New York, criminality rate was crazy
@@kawaibakaneko Seriously? As far as I know, it wasn't that way like it is now.
@@ernestorevollar3632You should do your research. Sounds like you've done none at all.
@@alexanderrahl482 I suppose you did, right? 🤡
@alexanderrahl482 I suppose you did, right? If you speak doubtfully without having lived in NYC, I'll assume you haven't done any research either.
Great Video!!! Best Project and work you have produced!
Glad you like it!
I don't know but these 2 photos at (3:00 - 3:11) gave me the chills. That angle shot though, forshadowing or what.
Was your mom or dad die in the twin towers?
Just effing incredible photos. Most beautiful sky scrapers ever made.
"hit me baby one more time" ☠️
😔😔😔
wtc: acc take that back i dont mean it! plane: KABOOM. wtc: oops
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Literally the worst song the could pick for this subject🤦🏾
the saddest thing is that in 1993 the world trade center was bombed
The size of these buildings was just incredible!
This just goes to show that nothing on this earth lasts forever!😢
Man I wish we still have the twin towers today it's so iconic that it is the first building in the history of human kind to have hundred of floors and nobody can take that from the WTC 1 and 2.
The first ever tower to have 100+ floors was the Empire state, completed 1931 after 13 months of construction, at 102 floors
If only 9/11 never happened.
In my opinion, the 80's was probably the decade that the Twin Towers really shined the most. The 70's, while they were good for them, they weren't fully completed until 1973, and they didn't have the big antenna on the North Tower as big as it was until the end of the 70's/start of the 80's. And the 90's is when Al-Qaeda started to try to take them down.
Year 2000's soundtrack was a small pain to listen to.
Glad you put the pics in chronological order this time.
Kind of wish you used the original music from the first video though, it would have been nice to hear the full song.
What a beautiful compilation and showcase of history for this. Great video! Never got to visit the twins before they fell but it certainly affected my architectural studies and career focus going forward. The follow-up video of 2001-2023 was excellent as well.
just imagine going to that much effort to building anything, let alone noting what eventually happened
A lot of people are saying that we should’ve built the old towers, the same way they were but I think we should’ve built the old towers and a new tower. In my perfect world, the freedom tower would be there alongside the twin towers.
So sad they are not here now I loved these towers these was the heart of New York City ❤❤
Very nice video, as a Finnish I had no clue that those Twins were build just next to the shoreline and only road betwheen the docks. Landfilling has been done so much at there it seems. 9.11.01 for me was a casual day in high school at here, got home, opened a txt tv and saw some newsline about plane collision to a skyscraper. Did not think it for more than "oh probably it's some tiny airplane with 2-4 seats or so and some high building only. Well, when I changed to the news site, that was surely a weird evening at here to follow, and soon one plane did come too as live. Crazy day. RIP for all who did pass away and I wish all good for those who saw this or still suffer of it. Thank you for a nice collection of photos of these amazing buildings!
That huge empty space in the skyline after the collapse of the twin towers made it even harder for some people to heal after 9/11, especially the people of New York, so I'm really glad that the Freedom Tower was built and that it was able to fill a little bit of that void -- in the sky and in their hearts -- ultimately helping people continue to heal and move forward.
They were once so structurally massive, intimidating, and seemingly indestructible. But knowing how they sank away into nothing on that day, one can’t help but look at them in hindsight and think they appear somehow so vulnerable, even fragile…almost like they were always just figments of our imagination.
Well said.
9:10 never seen wtc7 under construction before
Thank you so much for this really beautiful video!!
Just seeing the towers in this video with the majestic photos, and then in just 2 frames...they're gone. Really puts in perspective how much stuff happened in just one morning.
9:45 President Reagan, VP Bush, and Gorbachev. Gotta love it. Reagan was the maestro. Classic 80s.
But Gorbachev was vile
shame you didn't put the very last picture of the night lights shinning up into the sky where the towers once stood....my heart broke to watching the clips when we built this city song came on.. This was put together beautifully thanks for sharing ..
Thank you so much! I know in this video I didn't put the lights shinning up at the end but on my "Twin Towers in the 2000s" I did put a picture of the light beams at the end. I agree the 1980s with We Built This City is one of my favorite decades and song ever. Thank you once again for the positive comment ❤️
Blame It On The Boogie and We Built This City are good choices for their era!
Also, appreciate the deep cut of including a song from Grand Theft Auto 3
Lovely choice of music, really like that one towards the end...
they were so beatiful
“ hit me baby one more time “ 💀
1:39 WTC one and two being constructed
3:39 WTC 3,4,5 and 6 being constructed
9:09 WTC 7 being constructed
8:25 during their good years
Hard to believe that it’s been 23 years rip to everyone who died ❤❤❤
Man this is the greatest Timelapse of the twin towers and the choice of music damn near had me 😢 up
The 80s was everything
Wonderful photos and music!
The constructors: BRO THAT TOOK 12 YEARS TO BUILD!
14:10 I was already going to comment on how striking they were this time and, only at almost the end of the video, I was able to see them like that.
Not sure if Brittany's Hit Me Baby One More Time was a good song choice..
Been to NYC in 2017 for the first time. Wish I could have seen the towers in the skyline. But well, was not the plan as it seems.
Hit me baby, 1 more time...and it even has the sound of an engine in the song.
11:07 has to be the 1993 bombing, too many emergency vehicles surrounding the towers.
my co-ops
5:38, I want to set it as my background so bad
I like how on the 9/11 clips there’s happy music playing💀
forever isn’t a happy song btw
pretty cool to see. my grandfather was a iron worker in the twin towers when they were built he got really high up
I wonder how many people who built them towers were still alive to see them fall. I can't imagine the heartbreak they felt and for all the lives lost.
I don’t know how those guys do it. Balls of steel, probably from working with all that iron lol. I would be shaking like a leaf trying to work on a narrow beam 1000’ above the ground
You could not find better than Britney Spears for 90´s ? Seriously
She was one of the biggest stars to come from it. It's not their fault you're a music snob and probably think anything feminine and poppy is bad.
Respect for Britney lil nigga
something grunge would’ve been a hell of a lot better
we arent putting nirvana for the 90s
@@britneyspearsupdates249 well, it much better represents a bygone era than Brittany spears, especially considering that she is still somewhat relevant and annoying ass pop music like hers is still made and is probably the most popular genre
This is actually really cool. Especially the 80s music ‘we build this city’ great song and a great era.
Picking a Britney Spears song was perfect for this. Both her and these buildings are a WRECK.
Britney spears, but definitely not the buildings. It was more than just the design that made them great, we built the tallest building in the world not once but twice.
I wish I was born in New York City during the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, or 2000 to before the day we lost them. It just looks so magical and to think that there was a time when these beautiful skyscrapers were standing is unreal. I get a weird feel of nostalgia or the urge to have damn time travel, because god, this sure was a time to be in New York.
Rip everyone who died in the towers
Rest in peace, Twin Towers. 1968-2001 we will never forget this day.
Every like this comment gets that’s one day off of school
Why did I say this?
@@AndersonTejada-j7fit’s only 2 weeks off of school 😏
It’s literally only 2 weeks off of school! 🏫😏
@@AndersonTejada-j7fpeople like looking at how many likes they have.
amazing video
thx a lot man, great video, NYC is never be the same without them 😥
*Calm music*
Background: “OH S-“
RIP the twins, they existed for 28 years and man they just feel missing now, hey maybe they're living a better life in a better world now? But that's questionable since they're buildings lmfao.
I saw the Towers when I visited NYC in 1979. I was there to celebrate New Years at Times Square, and arrived a couple days ahead, so did some sight seeing. I took many pics of the WTC from inside and out, and some from the observation deck on Tower 2. I took many other pics as well, but I'm happy I got the pics of the original WTC. All of my 35mm pics are in 8 albums from NYC alone. I'm happy to have gotten pics of the way NYC used to be. RIP to the original WTC and all of those lost in the disaster and afterward. Never forget. (Jan Griffiths).
Ty for putting on Mj
I love the fact you put in music based on the popular genres of the time 😀
Sad. But thank you for putting this montage together
I am a bit amazed that they were quite close to the water line when construction started, then years go by and whole new block appeared between towers and Hudson river.
Two twins, missing from the skyline..
Using “Hit me baby one more time” by Britney Spears when making a video about the Twin Towers is a very interesting choice…