I was in Cleveland, OH when they fell. All of downtown Cleveland was evacuated. I remember this day. God bless America.
SLR107FR-31 on
Fearlessly Grand. Forever a part of the American consciousness
mealucra on
Love the monolithic quality and symmetry of the twin towers.
I still miss seeing them when I visit NYC.
Never forget.
Loan_Wolfie on
It’s crazy how time flies.
The towers existed for 28 years, and now have been gone for 22 years.
RIP to the firefighters, police, and all other people that perished.
dendrocalamidicus on
Watched the episode of the Simpsons where Homer’s car is clamped in the square between them just the other day, and the only toilet is on the top floor of each tower. Weird to watch from today’s perspective.
GuiltyAmoeba on
Not architecture porn. Just two concrete rectangles
HedyLamaar on
Heartbreaking….
Schtickle_of_Bromide on
Yamasaki was/is underrated
honorcheese on
As a kid I loved skyscrapers. My Dad and I went up to the observation deck. I can still remember parts of it.
Shopassistant on
Went to the top early July 2001. Got nothing remotely interesting to say about it. Remember there was a concert on the plaza, and feeling a bit dizzy looking down between those seams.
SqueezerKey on
Never thought those buildings looked pleasing to the eye.
Rioma117 on
Kind of hate their look. Obviously it is tragic what happened but if we put that aside and talk about architecture, they are just de embodiment of the 70s simple concrete look.
percy_faucet on
Let’s be honest. Horrible what happened to all those innocent people. The buildings,however, were ugly as sin. Yuck
VegasBjorne1 on
I saw them once time in person on a red eye, transcontinental flight into Newark. As the plane broke through the early morning fog banking hard left, it was then peering through my window did the towers massive sides fill the view.
Six months later the towers collapsed, and I still think about that scene, as if, the plane I was on gave that same view seconds before impact.
notjustalion on
Never forget the amount of poor people Americans killed in the name of these two tower over the last 22 years.
GMane2G on
Hard to believe that in a few years they’ll have been gone longer than they were standing.
Philtheperv on
Kinda ugly, huh?
drion4 on
Or as I call it, the Udders of Uncle Sam.
KingOfBerders on
They weren’t even 30 yet…..
themobyone on
Even the last pictures of the towers still standing are starting to look old.
tlatelolca on
i loved the arches on the first floors. i think the towers were greatly depicted in The Wiz.
1TILL on
Uggly god job arabs;)
sasssyrup on
The boxes the Empire State and Chrysler came in.
InternetPersonThing on
I know today is today but those towers absolutely were not architecture porn.
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Only 27 years? Why were they removed?
I was in Cleveland, OH when they fell. All of downtown Cleveland was evacuated. I remember this day. God bless America.
Fearlessly Grand. Forever a part of the American consciousness
Love the monolithic quality and symmetry of the twin towers.
I still miss seeing them when I visit NYC.
Never forget.
It’s crazy how time flies.
The towers existed for 28 years, and now have been gone for 22 years.
RIP to the firefighters, police, and all other people that perished.
Watched the episode of the Simpsons where Homer’s car is clamped in the square between them just the other day, and the only toilet is on the top floor of each tower. Weird to watch from today’s perspective.
Not architecture porn. Just two concrete rectangles
Heartbreaking….
Yamasaki was/is underrated
As a kid I loved skyscrapers. My Dad and I went up to the observation deck. I can still remember parts of it.
Went to the top early July 2001. Got nothing remotely interesting to say about it. Remember there was a concert on the plaza, and feeling a bit dizzy looking down between those seams.
Never thought those buildings looked pleasing to the eye.
Kind of hate their look. Obviously it is tragic what happened but if we put that aside and talk about architecture, they are just de embodiment of the 70s simple concrete look.
Let’s be honest. Horrible what happened to all those innocent people. The buildings,however, were ugly as sin. Yuck
I saw them once time in person on a red eye, transcontinental flight into Newark. As the plane broke through the early morning fog banking hard left, it was then peering through my window did the towers massive sides fill the view.
Six months later the towers collapsed, and I still think about that scene, as if, the plane I was on gave that same view seconds before impact.
Never forget the amount of poor people Americans killed in the name of these two tower over the last 22 years.
Hard to believe that in a few years they’ll have been gone longer than they were standing.
Kinda ugly, huh?
Or as I call it, the Udders of Uncle Sam.
They weren’t even 30 yet…..
Even the last pictures of the towers still standing are starting to look old.
i loved the arches on the first floors. i think the towers were greatly depicted in The Wiz.
Uggly god job arabs;)
The boxes the Empire State and Chrysler came in.
I know today is today but those towers absolutely were not architecture porn.