Скачать или смотреть The Twin Towers: The Secret Empire That Shaped Modern America

The Twin Towers, officially known as the World Trade Center, were never just skyscrapers. They were the physical core of a calculated plan to restore American economic power and reassert New York City as the center of global commerce.

In the late 1950s and 1960s, Lower Manhattan was collapsing. Businesses fled, office vacancies soared, and America’s financial heart was at risk of losing its global dominance. What followed was one of the most ambitious redevelopment projects in modern history — driven by David Rockefeller, enforced by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and enabled through unprecedented political and financial power.

This documentary reveals the hidden story behind the Twin Towers: how eminent domain erased Radio Row, how tax-exempt bonds financed a billion-dollar gamble, and how revolutionary engineering made the tallest buildings on Earth possible. From the framed-tube structure to the slurry wall that held back the Hudson River, the World Trade Center became a blueprint for the modern skyscraper.

But the towers were more than an engineering feat. They were designed as an economic machine — concentrating banks, insurers, law firms, and global trade under one roof. Their success reshaped Lower Manhattan and influenced skyline development from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur.

Long after their destruction, the Twin Towers continue to shape the modern world. Their design, ambition, and legacy still define how cities build upward — and how power is centralized in the modern age.

Were the Twin Towers a necessary gamble to save New York City, or the ultimate expression of unchecked economic power? To understand modern America, you must understand the empire that once stood at its center.

TimeStamps:
00:00 Introduction — America’s Financial Heart in Decline
00:39 Lower Manhattan’s Economic Collapse
02:30 David Rockefeller’s Vision for Power
02:59 The Port Authority & Political Control
04:27 Engineering the Impossible: How the Towers Were Built
06:32 The Twin Towers as an Economic Machine
08:13 The Destruction of Radio Row
09:35 The Twin Towers Become a Global Symbol
10:18 How the Twin Towers Changed World Architecture
11:06 The Legacy That Still Shapes Skylines
11:54 The End

-------------------------

#TwinTowers
#WorldTradeCenter
#HiddenHistory
#AmericanEmpire
#SkyscraperHistory
#NewYorkHistory
#ArchitectureDocumentary
#PowerAndInfluence
#EconomicHistory
#HistoryExplained