Octagon Displays Restored World Trade Center Model Exhibit
Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 2003 - Richard Moe, President of The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Co-Chair of Save America’s Treasures (SAT); Ron Bogle, President and CEO of the American Architectural Foundation; and Henry Moran, Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, previewed an exhibit featuring the newly-conserved original presentation model of the World Trade Center at the Octagon Museum, located at 1799 New York Ave, NW in Washington, D.C. The exhibit will be open to the public September 25 – December 3, 2003.
Originally built by the office of architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) between 1969 and 1971 for presentation to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the World Trade Center model vividly reflects the sheer size and mass of the original site. Measuring eight by ten feet at the base with the twin towers rising just over 7 feet, the detailed representation has undergone an extensive conservation process of repair and stabilization to reverse the deterioration and loss of original materials. [ red more ] >>
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