Guinness Book of World Records 1972

This is the year that the Twin Towers became the tallest in the World. They were still under construction when this book went to print. (Featured on the cover, as well) Guinness Book of World Records By Norris and Ross McWhirter Sterling Publishing Co. Eleventh Edition 1972 639 wonderful pages of photos and text. 'Guinness has the answers - the longest, the shortest, the biggest, the smallest, the most costly, the heaviest, the fattest, the thinnest, the fastest, the highest, the earliest, the tallest..the mostest.'~ The Boston Globe 'It;s valid, authoritative..and indispensable book.' ~ The New York Times On page 254...The Twin Towers are pictured...the text reads: 'Tallest inhabited buildings - Even though the Wall Street district of New York City includes many skyscrapers, they are dwarfed by the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, built on the banks of the Hudson River. Each building upon completion in 1973 (now occupied in part as work continues) will have 21,800 windows and 104 elevators.