Twin Towers Architectural Records Saved From Shredding at Last Minute

Architectural Records Saved at Last Minute
Published: March 8, 2010
Dave Itzkoff

The archives of the architectural firm that designed the World Trade Center have been rescued from shredding at the 11th hour. The firm, Yamasaki Associates, in Troy, Mich., was founded in the 1950s by the modernist architect Minoru Yamasaki, who in addition to the Twin Towers designed the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

Mr. Yamasaki died in 1986, and his office was closed in January. Ted Ayoub, one of the last employees of the firm, contacted the Society of Architectural Historians, which in turn contacted the State Historic Preservation Office in Michigan. Mark Harvey, Michigan’s state archivist, assembled a crew to drive a truck from Lansing to Troy, with one day’s notice, to save the archive from being shredded.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/arts/design/09arts-ARCHITECTURA_BRF.html