“So you’re saying that the men who built the WTC knew that the ground on which they were about to erect two 114 story buildings was landfill?!! WTF?”
Ah, but all landfill is not the same. First of all, NYC isn’t known for earthquakes. I think it’s extremely fitting that the twin World Trade Center towers were built upon centuries old artifacts that exemplified our country’s first forays into commerce.
Second, the Marina District was built upon haphazard rubble tossed from the 1906 earthquake without any forethought to its suitability as substructure.
Dollars and donuts.
True, but being hit by a 767 must be equal to at least a medium size earthquake.
Second, the Marina District was built upon haphazard rubble tossed from the 1906 earthquake without any forethought to its suitability as substructure.
Dollars and donuts.
More like bagels and donuts. You can't compare any kind of landfill to solid bedrock, which is what New York skyscrapers were traditionally built on, as I understand it.