The WTC Construction Guides: The Building Stewardesses
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories
Length: 22:18
As construction commenced on the largest building project since the pyramids, questions and controversies swirled around Lower Manhattan. How tall? Why two? What's a slurry wall? A kangaroo crane? Where are the small businessmen going to go? What's a world trade center, and who needs it anyway?
Guy Tozzoli, the Port Authority visionary behind the building of the Twin Towers, had an inspiration—"Construction Guides." Friendly co-eds in mini-skirted uniforms were posted at corner kiosks on the site to inform an inquiring public and put a pretty face on a controversial issue.
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As construction commenced on the largest building project since the pyramids, questions and controversies swirled around Lower Manhattan. How tall? Why two? What's a slurry wall? A kangaroo crane? Where are the small businessmen going to go? What's a world trade center, and who needs it anyway? Guy Tozzoli, the Port Authority visionary behind the building of the Twin Towers, had an inspiration—"Construction Guides." Friendly co-eds in mini-skirted uniforms were posted at corner kiosks on the site to inform an inquiring public and put a pretty face on a controversial issue.
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All Things Considered July 29, 2002
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