Wednesday, May 8, 2002
As all of the
remaining "skeletal" pieces of the World Trade Center
had been removed, the boundaries moved in and I took these photos directly
across
Church Street, between Liberty and Cortlandt Streets.
Why May 8? I
had originally taken virtually identical photographs on the six-month
anniversary of the attacks, but lost them in a hard drive meltdown.
Here's
a map of the immediate area, just to see where the individual
streets are in relation to each other, and to the former WTC.
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This photo, taken from across Liberty Street (by Vesey Street), shows the north eastern edge of the WTC site. The green tarp surrounds what will likely be the rebuilt WTC #7. Across the street (by the orange netting) is where the previous one stood. |
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From just east of the northeast corner of the WTC site, that tall building in the black netting is the Deutschbank building that has recently (June 2002) been in the news both for problems with growing mold and the possibility that some remains may be in there. The building is pretty much on the southeast, just outside of the WTC site. Plane parts left huge gashes on the north side of the building, hence the black netting and the current contamination problems. |
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Looking directly at some buildings on Liberty Street, south of the WTC site. Mostly business, but more than a few residences in there. |
The nearest (to the WTC site) functioning subway station, just across Church Street. |
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The famous Century 21 department store, which is just across Church Street, to the east of the World Trade Center. The store sustained heavy damage on 9/11/01 and didn't reopen until almost six months after the attacks. They kept as many of their employees working (in their other stores) as possible, and when they were ready to reopen, they called all the employees who had to be let go and offered them their jobs again. |
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Just above the fence is the famous cross that spontaneously formed when two steel beams fused together in the carnage. The cross was found that way shortly after the attacks and placed there for the duration of the rescue and then the recovery efforts. |
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Looking southwest from Church and Cortlandt Streets, just to the east of the World Trade Center site. |
A zoomed-in view of the same as the photograph on the left. |
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A view across the WTC site, from Church Street looking directly west. |
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