The definitive biography of the iconic skyscrapers and the ambitions that shaped them--from their dizzying rise to their unforgettable fallMore than a year after the nation began mourning the lives lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center; it became clear that something else was being mourned: the towers themselves. They were the biggest and brashest icons that New York; and possibly America; has ever produced--magnificent giants that became intimately familiar around the globe. Their builders were possessed of a singular determination to create wonders of capitalism as well as engineering; refusing to admit defeat before natural forces; economics; or politics. No one knows the history of the towers better than New York Times reporters James Glanz and Eric Lipton. In a vivid; brilliantly researched narrative; the authors re-create David Rockefellers ambition to rebuild lower Manhattan; the spirited opposition of local storeowners and powerful politicians; the bold structural innovations that later determined who lived and died; master builder Guy Tozzolis last desperate view of the towers on September 11; and the charged and chaotic recovery that could have unraveled the secrets of the buildings collapse but instead has left some enduring mysteries. City in the Sky is a riveting story of New York City itself; of architectural daring; human frailty; and a lost American icon.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. good read.By mery c seeman-sokalPleasant collection; good read.
