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Belgium was the first country in continental Europe to experience the Industrial Revolution, and was the most intensively industrialized country in the world throughout most of the period. [88] [89] Belgium industrialized rapidly over the 19th century, with a focus on iron, coal and textile production. [90]
The World Trade Center (WTC) is a complex of skyscrapers at the corner of the Boulevard du roi Albert II / Koning Albert II-laan and the Boulevard Simon Bolivar / Simon Bolivarlaan in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. Its three towers are among the tallest buildings in Belgium.
The Hôtel Tassel is built. The Hankar House is built. The Autrique House is built. Chez Léon [nl; fr] is established, laying the basis for the French restaurant chain Léon de Bruxelles. 11–18 April: The Belgian general strike of 1893 is called after politicians of Catholic and Liberal parties joined to block a proposal to expand the ...
The World Trade Center was built on the site of Manhattan's Radio Row (pictured). The site for the World Trade Center was the location of Radio Row, which was home to 323 commercial or industrial tenants, over one thousand offices, many small businesses, and approximately 100 residents.
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum that are part of the World Trade Center complex, in New York City, created for remembering the September 11 attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. [4]
World Trade Center attack may refer to one of two terrorist attacks on the original World Trade Center: 1993 World Trade Center bombing , in which the building complex was damaged September 11 attacks in 2001, in which the building complex was destroyed
In 1982, the Port Authority decided to rename the outdoor plaza at the World Trade Center, in his honor, as the Austin J. Tobin Plaza. [5] The centerpiece of the plaza was The Sphere, a 25-foot tall bronze sculpture designed by Fritz Koenig. The plaza was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Leslie Earl Robertson (February 12, 1928 – February 11, 2021) was an American engineer. He was the lead structural engineer of the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center in New York City, [1] and served as structural engineer on numerous other projects, including the U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh, Shanghai World Financial Center, and the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.