World Trade Centers Worldwide

[Agglomeration]

The WTC Twin Towers were only the first of a whole set of other WTC's constructed in many other cities worldwide. Some are skyscrapers, some are flat, but all these structures are dedicated to promoting business, trade, and all types of business conferences as a means to promote global peace and harmony through the trade of both goods and ideas. They all fall under the umbrella of the WTCA, which was founded in 1970 while the Twins were still rising (Coincidence? ;))

Their umbrella site is at http://iserve.wtca.org/. I have only a few pictures of the WTC's worldwide, but these are good:

Mexico City's World Trade Center:

http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/mexico%20city/wtc.jpg

http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/mexico%20city/wtcsky.jpg

WTC in Seoul, aka Korea Trade Tower:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/659/1600tradetower01.jpg

WTC in The Nation's Capital:

http://www.itcdc.com/images/full/34437e_full.jpg

(Edited by Agglomeration at 4:36 pm on June 7, 2003)

[DominicanoNYC]

Hey did you know that the cylindrical part of the Mexican WTC rotates. :)

[Agglomeration]

That's a reolving restaurant, much like the one revolving on top of the Marriot Marquis. I heard rumors that another restaurant is on top of the WTC tower in Seoul, although it's not certain.

I heard that its current president Guy Tozzoli, would like to get the Twin Towers back, and is obviously not happy about the current Libeskind renderings. Regardless, even if they're not rebuilt, the WTC legacy, including the WTCA, is there and will stay with us for many years to come.

[TLOZ Link5]

Here's the first of them all in New Orleans, courtesy of skyscrapers.com:

http://skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2002/04/147152.jpg

http://skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2002/04/147458.jpg

[JMGarcia]

Here's the one in Osaka.

http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture/gendai/lineup/img/li37.jpg

[Agglomeration]

Thanks for the pictures, and keep them coming. People need to see more of these pictures to get a good idea of what the WTC in Lower Manhattan should look like. They should be tall, imposing, and distinctive, not banal or defeatist-looking. None of these buildings are mediocre as far as I know, and that's whats makes them impressive and attractive to business. We should all hope that people realize what they're missing from Lower Manhattan.

[Chicagoan]

The Merchandise Mart in Chicago is the city's official World Trade Center. I could not find a nice picture of it. It is undoubtedly and impressive structure, beautiful, and full of life during the normal business day.

Having been to it, some cases three times a day, and the WTC on Manhattan, they were very similar whan it came to their urbanity.

[Agglomeration]

I'd like to see a picture of that.

[Chicagoan]

http://www.cjtripnewton.com/chicago4.php
it is the low building with the continuously lit top… much larger than picture depicts

http://www.rocket99.com/zoom/62.html
the second photo if of the riverfront plaza at the Mart. The El tracks are for a station that connects to the Mart on the East

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=27
elevation from skyscraperpage

http://www.wtcc.org/
World Trade Center Chicago’s Site- has nothing about a great building… go here

http://www.merchandisemart.com/mmart/

[DominicanoNYC]

That is one great looking building.

[Chicagoan]

...and it is huge. It has a little over 4 million square feet of space. It is two blocks long by one wide and puntuated by courtyards at its center.

The inside has a longitudinal arcade with marble and very intricate detailing. On the river side, where you can see the huge portal, there is a two-story lobby with huge windows facing the plaza and river.

The space is mostly devoted to interior design, furnishings, showrooms, etc, but the public portions are always lively during the workweek. It has a food court, post office, stores, and a huge plasma tv that people typically congregate around during lunch time.

I love that place.

[DominicanoNYC]

Here's where the WTCA is located in Santo Domingo,DR.
http://skyscrapers.com/re/en/im/df/173688

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[Kris]

It echoes the trees.

[Jimbo Holland]

Here is the world Trade Center of Rotterdam city in The Netherlands

functional height 92.95 meter
storeys 25
start construction 1984
completion 1986



http://www.finnova.nl/_bestanden/wtc.jpg

http://thumb1.webshots.com/s/thumb1/8/59/81/56685981bTtplj_th.jpg

[Jimbo Holland]

i have now more pics...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/jimboholland/Rotterdam/P7290019.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/jimboholland/Rotterdam/P7290020.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/jimboholland/Rotterdam/P7290016.jpg

[Johnnyboy]

and yet, none of them come close to the past wtc of New York. Hopefully the new one will.

[Johnnyboy]

and yet, none of them come close to the past wtc of New York. Hopefully the new one will.