World Trade Center Towers
Ground Level
| All images ©1997 by Jeffrey L. Cooper |
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From the Street Just walking around New York City can give you severe neck strain. The World Trade Centers were huge and dominate the skyline from any direction. Although New York City is dominated by skyscrapers, there is a gap south of the Empire State Building before you get back to the canyons of Manhattan. |
| The Plaza As you come up to the base of it, there was a huge, featureless plaza, with the exception of a few small sculptures. You can clearly see the façade of the building here, the intense vertical lines that go so far as to actually intensify the height of the already mammoth buildings. |
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Straining the Neck As you start to tilt your head up, you see that it is a long, long way up there. The Marriott Hotel is visible at the base, stretching between the buildings. From personal memory, I don't seem to recall that being there in 1986. The tower on the right is the North Tower, or Tower 1. The American Airlines jet struck that tower first, on the right side. About 15 minutes later, a United Airlines jet struck the South Tower on the left, on the left side away from you. When the buildings collapsed, the hotel was obliterated. |
| Straining even Further Leaning on backwards, and using a telephoto lens, you can see the tops of the buildings way up there. The Observation Deck was on the South Tower, on the left. |
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On my Back And now I am laying down on the ground taking the shot straight up. I like this photo for it's abstract qualities. The hotel adds a bit to it line-wise. |
