One World Trade Center (and Neighbors) NYC, 2019
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It's generally simpler to capture tall skyscrapers like this from a distant vantage point; the classic photos of WTC are usually shot from Brooklyn or New Jersey. But here I wanted to show it as it's seen in the neighborhood. The foreground buildings look taller in the frame, but the (much taller) One WTC tower still stands out, given its uncrowded position in the skyline, as if its neighbors maintain a respectful distance.
It's been difficult to separate the new World Trade Center building from that terrible day in 2001, but we now have the benefit of just enough time that we can begin to discuss the tower, as a piece of architecture and as part of the skyline, on its own terms.
@[email protected] That's a beautiful picture, I don't love the building. As a practical matter it may have been impossible to agree on something more expressive.
@[email protected] Agreed. It's not bad, but it feels uninspired, a missed opportunity for something great.