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Post by htmb on Mar 26, 2015 12:03:58 GMT
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Post by htmb on Mar 26, 2015 12:16:02 GMT
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Post by htmb on Mar 26, 2015 12:26:18 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 26, 2015 12:45:48 GMT
It sure has changed around there. Just to mention that my wedding photos show the old twin towers in the background after getting married at City Hall.
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Post by htmb on Mar 26, 2015 12:47:14 GMT
What year did you marry, Mark?
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Post by bjd on Mar 26, 2015 15:23:56 GMT
Last time I was there, in 1998, the twin towers were still standing.
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Post by htmb on Mar 26, 2015 19:21:42 GMT
Anyone with photos of the area - before or after the twin towers - please feel free to post your photos here if that's something that would appeal to you.
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Post by lugg on Mar 26, 2015 19:22:04 GMT
Such a great collection of images Htmb.
Although I've been back to NYC , I have not been back to this area since 2007 and I really appreciate seeing how it has changed and the memorial that has been created.
I was trying to post a pic that I took in 2007 showing a little of the plans but cant post it as a " spoiler " so have refrained as it would have interrupted the sombre black and white images too much.
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Post by htmb on Mar 26, 2015 19:24:19 GMT
Lugg, I honestly don't see that as a problem if you happen to change your mind.
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Post by anshjain97 on Mar 26, 2015 23:52:20 GMT
This is one part of the city I missed while I was here in December so thanks for the photos. The first time I visited New York was about 9 months after 9/11 but don't remember much anything from that long ago. I have seen my dad's pictures from early 2001 though.
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Post by mossie on Mar 27, 2015 15:32:01 GMT
AS Lug has mentioned the B&W adds to the necessary sombre feeling for such a place
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Post by lugg on Mar 27, 2015 18:48:02 GMT
Thanks Htmb - will work on adding the pic as a spoiler x
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2015 17:17:22 GMT
It's interesting to see what they have finally done, because on my last two or three trips there, it was still basically just a big pit with nothing happening. Considering the price of real estate in that part of town, I think they probably lost a lot of money while trying to figure out how to create the most profitable new design for the area. The twin towers were the very last thing I saw when I left the United States to move to Europe. I think they were inaugurated just a month or two after I left.
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Post by nycgirl on Mar 28, 2015 22:51:54 GMT
Beautiful photos! I also don't want to disrupt the tone of the black and white photos, so I'll just post the link to my 2012 thread. anyportinastorm.proboards.com/thread/5640?127479=undefinedThe area has changed a lot since 2012. It's nice the memorial is finally open to the public, after being fenced off by security. 1 WTC is finished and others look very close to finished. That transportation hub has progressed nicely. It has such a unique look, like a big spiny ocean creature. The first and last time I saw the original WTC towers was when I was teenager back in 2000. I saw them from a ferry and they just dominated the downtown skyline. The new WTC, though taller, is not nearly as special, in my opinion.
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Post by htmb on Mar 29, 2015 0:03:29 GMT
Nycgirl, I'm so glad you've posted a link to your thread. It was done before I joined AnyPort and I don't believe I've ever seen it. Very true about the change in security. The plaza area was wide open and visitors were moving about freely.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 6:00:39 GMT
Yes, it's great to see the construction phase again, especially since we tend to forget the exploit of actually building something like the (new) World Trade Center. Once such a building is completed, you forget how long it took and it just seems to have mushroomed up overnight (well, maybe not quite overnight).
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Post by nycgirl on Mar 29, 2015 14:58:41 GMT
Yeah, I wish I had taken pictures when the project first started.
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Post by htmb on Oct 7, 2016 0:32:49 GMT
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Post by htmb on Oct 7, 2016 0:51:40 GMT
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Post by htmb on Oct 7, 2016 1:05:20 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 7, 2016 3:51:05 GMT
Belated babbling on my part ~ I have NO memory of ever having seen this thread before and the black and whites are so crisp, so rich, and so absolutely charged with a sense of place that my only conclusion is that I've never seen them before. They are too striking and excellent for me to have forgotten them.
That said, I admire your decision to show the update in full color -- it really brings home the rebirth of the area. Gorgeous shots, too, in particular that brilliantly composed first one in #17.
Hope it's okay to ask this: did you just feel a documentary interest in the place, or did the visit bring up emotions?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 10:55:44 GMT
What a relief that Century 21 is back. Maybe I will return to New York one day after all!
Just like people always say about "strange" buildings, I wonder how they're going to keep the windows clean on the transportation hub.
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