Architecture Firms Survive World Trade Center Attacks
How architecture and engineering firms that had offices in New York's World Trade Center survived the Sept. 11th and get back to business with help from competing firms.
"On the nascent downtown architectural scene, Mancini Duffy were literally veterans. Not only had they been among the first to settle in Lower Manhattan, but with offices in the World Trade Center, they survived the 1993 attack and learned several lessons.One: at the slightest sign of trouble, leave the building immediately. Two: keep your backup data somewhere else."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
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Published on Sunday, November 4, 2001 in
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