From the Ashes. / Kenneth Terrell and Thomas Hayden.
by Terrell, Kenneth; Krieger, Lisa M; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 80Science. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2001; Knight-Ridder, 2001ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Airports -- Safety measures | Architectural design | Building failures | Buildings -- Safety measures | Embassy buildings | Public buildings | Skyscrapers | Terrorism | Terrorism -- United States | World Trade Center airplane attacks, 2001 | New York (New York)DDC classification: 050 Summary: FROM THE ASHES -- "Days after the September 11 [2001] terrorist attacks, several inches of water appeared in Jersey City's Exchange Place commuter train station, trickling across from the ruined station at the World Trade Center." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article explains the problems engineers are having as they try to prevent water from entering subway tunnels at the site of the World Trade Center wreckage.Summary: ARCHITECTURE IN AN AGE OF TERRORISM -- "As forensic engineers comb through the debris of those attacks, the clues they find among the bent steel, cracked welds and broken floor slabs will add to a growing body of knowledge about how to shield people from terrorism. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEW) This article explains the problems in constructing buildings that are both secure and aesthetically pleasing.
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This MARC record contains two articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: From the Ashes, Oct. 1, 2001; pp. 50-52.
Originally Published: Architecture in an Age of Terrorism, Sept. 18, 2001; pp. 1F+.
FROM THE ASHES -- "Days after the September 11 [2001] terrorist attacks, several inches of water appeared in Jersey City's Exchange Place commuter train station, trickling across from the ruined station at the World Trade Center." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article explains the problems engineers are having as they try to prevent water from entering subway tunnels at the site of the World Trade Center wreckage.
ARCHITECTURE IN AN AGE OF TERRORISM -- "As forensic engineers comb through the debris of those attacks, the clues they find among the bent steel, cracked welds and broken floor slabs will add to a growing body of knowledge about how to shield people from terrorism. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEW) This article explains the problems in constructing buildings that are both secure and aesthetically pleasing.
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