The Construction and Development of the Pentagon

Construction on The Empire State Building began on October 1, 1929 just a few weeks before the biggest stock market crash in United States history. On September 9, 1930, Al Smith the former Governor of New York, marked the spot of the cornerstone of what would become the worlds tallest and the century’s best building. That day Smith gave a speech to a crowd of over five thousand, which included mostly workers in hopes of a job on the upcoming project. The Empire State Building opened its doors just eight months later on Friday, May 1, 1931. For a country in midst of a great depression The Empire State Building was a symbol of hope in dark times and showed that Americans would persevere even in a

December 7th, 1941 marked the entrance of the United States into the Second World War, an international conflict fought with technologically advanced battleships, submarines, airplanes, and other modern weaponry. World War II would be an extended four-year-long battle fought on two fronts, and the manufacturing needs to supply the war machine would be great. Unfortunately, the United States entered the conflict ill-prepared for war, whereas the enemy nations of Germany and Japan had been amassing wartime equipment for nearly a decade (Streitmatter). After the bombing of Pearl Harbor catapulted America into the war, the United States immediately initiated two campaigns: one to build a formidable militia and

As millions were watching the events unfold in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., and crashed into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a overwhelming firestorm that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the enormous concrete building. All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner. (9/11 Attacks, 2012) It was initially thought that this plane was bound for the White House or the Capitol Building; however, because of lack of visibility coming from the west as it did objects obscured these targets making the terrorists change their plans and crash into the Pentagon. (Limbacher, 2001)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall has often been called a healing wall, and for some, it helped them find some closure an their time fighting in an unpopular war.

Prior to the initiation of internment policies, the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 resulting in over 2,300 american casualties. After the attack, FBI agents were sent to barricade hundreds of Japanese in Terminal Island. Many theorized that the attack was the main catalyst for the start of World War II, which was led by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the leading president at the time. As a result, it was inevitable for the public to blame FDR for the attack due to his trailing reputation as the president. Many presumed that due to FDR’s affiliations with the event of Pearl Harbor, he solely ordered the relocation of

Is a good monument or memorial all about looks, or is it about the contextual meaning behind it. A monument’s size, location, materials and more are all considerations when planning and creating a memorial to the past. The audience of a monument/memorial site is not as important as it’s location and funding.

Valley Forge, a camp located in Pennsylvania, is a place where George Washington and his soldiers stayed when they were not fighting in the war. Many had a very hard time coping at the camp due to the harsh winter. On Christmas Eve of 1777, soldiers ate rice and vinegar. They had to use rags to treat their frost bites; George Washington even said “We have experienced little less than a famine in camp.” Men were seen marching without clothes, blankets, or shoes. There was a disease called smallpox that was also going around the camp and that affected a lot of soldiers.

Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration which "would employ more than 8.5 million people to build bridges, roads, public buildings, parks and airports." (Paragraph #4, Source #2). The people had to come together to rebuild the country, fix the economy, and bring back the necessary

The plane was heading to Los Angeles, but the hijackers steered the plane towards the Pentagon. The Pentagon was a target because it was the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, and it was a symbol of America's global military power ("FAQ about 9/11”). The plane crashed towards the west-side of the building and caused a violent fire. The attack killed everyone on board, along with about 100 people in the building.

As millions viewed the occasions unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 hovered over downtown Washington, D.C., and hammered into the west side of the Pentagon military home office at 9:45 a.m. Plane fuel from the Boeing 757 brought about an overwhelming inferno that prompted the auxiliary breakdown of a segment of the monster solid building. Everything considered, 125 military staff and regular folks were slaughtered in the Pentagon, alongside every one of the 64 individuals on board the aerial

It all started when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order of #9066 on February 16, 1942, this which gave power to the U.S. Secretary of War to designate

After World War II, America continued to increase their defense to avoid more losses like the Pearl Harbor incident that killed 2,300 Americans and destroyed ships and aircraft. Furthermore, the Cold War raised the demand to increase the American defense system. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the Allied Forces during WWII and two-term President, was concerned about the sudden growth and cost of the American defense system. During his “Farewell Address,” Eisenhower addressed his concerns about keeping the peace, the creation of numerous weapons for the national defense, and how scientific and technologic development becomes a powerful and unregulated tool.

Ironically, four years prior, in June of 1937, the United States War Department began drafting a plan to increase the continental anti-aircraft artillery due to rising tensions with Japan, yet was not approved until late 1940. The plan called for increasing the number of 3-inch guns from 135 to 472, as well as increasing the number of regiments to 80, which would account for roughly 4,000,000 service men, solely for the defense of the continental United States. The Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, approved the project for Pearl Harbor, which would increase

The Freedom Tower also known as “One World Trade Center” is the tallest skyscraper in the western hemisphere, and the fifth tallest skyscraper in our planet earth. The building structure consists of 104 stories can also be described as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center. The Building location is 285 Fulton Street, Manhattan New York, United States 10007, as depicted in the map below Figure 1.

In the process of discerning how to build a school, I believe that controlling traffic flow and cutting down on the students’ travel time between classes is most important. With traffic flow as my main goal, I would then attempt to design the school accordingly. Another goal of the design would be to achieve getting as much natural light into the school as possible. As far as the shape of the structure, I am looking to shape the building into a pentagon with the cafeteria and library located in the center of the complex.