World Trade Center in 1976, before newer buildings obscured the view from the harbor.
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World Trade Center in 1976, before newer buildings obscured the view from the harbor.
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Stunning!
[Here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_trade_center_new_york_city_from_hudson_august_26_2000.jpg) is approximately the same angle in 2000
Yeah I remember hanging out in that space. It’s landfill from the WTC excavation. There were weird sculptures scattered around it.
Wow… had no idea Manhattan has been built out like that.
And before 1979, as north tower doesn’t yet have its huge antenna.
Reminds me of that tragedy
Honestly, while they’re physically imposing, and an engineering marvel, I always thought “giant rectangles” was rather unimaginative. as a design it’s like someone took a kid’s toy block and stood it on end.
They look Majestic!!
The story of the man who, without permission, set up and walked a tightrope between the towers is a great read.
They really were great looking modern marvels.
Wonder why the same floors are lights off.
This photo is so stunning.
Check out The Dentist From New Jersey on Amazon Prime. About a photographer who took thousands of photographs of the WTC during their lifespan.
What a beautiful shot..
We’re in the BAD timeline. Something broke here and we’re all stuck in this shitfucked version of Earth. While our alternate reality selves are all probably doing MUCH better in life, with less war and hate towards one another.
This is an excellent picture
Man. Next time we do this whole monolithic tower thing…. let’s leave the water view full on.
I always like the look of em.
But damn. It looked even awesomer
I used to watch the skyline as I laid in the backseat as my parents took the bridge out of the city. I’d lazily watch the towers and envision them as a brother and sister watching over the city. I loved those buildings.
There was a field of wheat nearby, too, back then
Those must’ve been quite impressive to see in person, given that nothing else apart from the sears tower compared in scale.
The antenna on the North Tower was but a sprouting back then.
I was there either in 76 or 77, first year of college. Wow. Top floor, dry wall wasn’t painted yet. I forget which tower and you saw them like waving in the wind. SO dam cool.
It’s what you did. Buddy I went to see the WTC, this amazing new THING, came from PA. Hated NYC, it looked wonderful that day you know?
I’ll always be glad we went. That’s what I remember, those things waving around way up there. So odd. It was another one of those perfect blue, blue days too. Huh.
It’s as surreal for young people to see photos of them standing as it is for older people to see them gone.
They used to have a really good Khlav Kalash cart on the plaza between the towers.
I worked in the towers years ago. The windows were only 20 inches wide, and set in the very deep outer columns. So unless you went upstairs to the Windows on The World, which had larger spaces between the columns, the view wasn’t very panoramic. But still impressive.
I do remember the Battery Park City area before it was all built up. Huge amount of space, and a lot of the fill they used came from the WTC excavations. Someone even planted a field of wheat there one summer as some kind of project. There were also some big parking lots before all the development really took off. I remember taking my car in once in a while on a Friday, and paying $6.00 to park.
Also you can see the west side highway in front of the towers which was later demo’d in favor of a street level avenue.