New York World Trade Center Monday and Tuesday, September 10-11, 2001 | |
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 | One of the WTC towers as seen up close from the street. |
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 | A view at the bottom. The golden hue is from the wonderful angle of sunlight caught by the camera. This is a very good view of the facade; the part that Mayor Giuliana wanted to hold on to for possible inclusion in a memorial. |
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WTC from the air before the attack. Aerial view looking north gives good impression of the sparkling beauty of the WTC area. The rosette in the center is the pedestrain plaza at the base of the twin towers, a relaxing promenade for tourist, visitors, and workers from the WTC and many surrounding offices. The plaza was crowded during lunch hour on nice sunny days. |
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Close-up of WTC Pedestrain Plaza. One of the most beautiful areas in New York and a great place to relax except during the tourist season. This open promenade was one of the wonderful attractions to the city because it offered an up-close place for visitors to walk, stand, and stare in amazement at the twin colossal giants. On most days the plaza would be filled with visitors from around the world, cameras angled toward the sky or capturing lasting memories of each other. |
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WTC Interior. Inside one of the towers. Scene is a small example of the beautiful interiors viewed daily by the 50,000 workers and, during the tourist season, 90,000 visitors. Before the 1993 terrorist bombing visitors had open access. After the 1993 attack, security was tighter but bona fide visitors were still allowed after careful security screening. |
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New York WTC Interior. Another view of the great interior. This one was taken in one of the lobbies and shows the view from inside looking out. Notice the Christmas lights indicating the time of year. |
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Reaching for the clouds. The twin towers from the ground looking up on a rare cloudy day. Presents the sense of height of more than a quarter mile (nearly 1400 ft.). This view, with a halo of clouds, was just as impressive from vistas all over the city. |
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WTC as seen from Brooklyn Bridge. This view looking west through the support cables of the Brooklyn Bridge provides a glimpse of the spectacular skyline seen each morning by commuters from Brooklyn. From this spot the twin towers are 2-3 miles away, on the opposite side of Manhattan. The height of buildings in foreground are exaggerated as would be expected in a photo. |
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WTC as seen from New Jersey. Looking east toward New York City across Hudson river from New Jersey. The towers were on the near side of Manhattan. I lived in New Jersey, over 40 miles from New York City, and on a clear day the towers were plainly visible. |
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 | New York sky line now; same image as above but after collapse. Looking east toward New York City across Hudson river from New Jersey. The towers are gone. Image is 678 X 435, 46KB. |
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Lower Manhattan at dusk. Looking south to New York Harbor. Not visible are the Hudson river to the right and the East river to the left. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge, from Staten Island to Brooklyn, is in the upper-left. The vintage WW II Brooklyn Navy Yard is visible on the left. Staten Island is behind the twin towers. |
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 | Lower Manhattan after collapse of towers. Very large color panorama of Southern Manhattan as seen looking south. Photo shows lower Manhattan from about 35th street to South Port: landing for the Staten Island ferry. The Hudson river is on the right and the East river to the left. Piers of the vintage WW II Brooklyn Navy Yard can be seen in the extreme upper-left. The vivid disaster scene is in the right-center. Notice the extensive damage to the West Side Highway which passed near the World Trade Center. Also, the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge, and it's extensive roadway for rush hour traffic juts from the left-center. |
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