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Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to create the World Trade Center after gaining notoriety for his design of the 1962 World's Fair pavilion.
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Minoru Yamasaki was commissioned to create the World Trade Center after gaining notoriety for his design of the 1962 World's Fair pavilion.
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Leslie Robertson, Who Engineered the World Trade Center, Dies at 92 He remained proud of the towers, which stood long enough for thousands to escape on 9/11, but carried with him “a troubled heart.” Leslie E. Robertson in front of a model of the Lower Manhattan area where the World Trade Center was being built. After 9/11, he reflected: “Should I have made the project more stalwart? And in retrospect, the only answer you can come up with is, Yes.”Credit...via The Monacelli Press By Fred A. Bernstein Feb. 11, 2021 Leslie E. Robertson, the structural engineer of the World Trade Center, ...