The World Trade Center Remembered
- 作者
- 出版社 Abbeville Press
- 出版时间 2001年11月
- ISBN 9780789207647
- 定价 221.00
内容简介
RisingdramaticallyaboveallotherskyscrapersatthetipofManhattan,theWorldTradeCentersymbolizedNewYork.FromanydirectiontheTowerswerelodestars,Manhattan'slocalmountains.AsNewYorkersdesperatelyseekapathtowardhealing,followingthedarkeventsofSeptember11,theyhavebeenreminiscingabouttheviewoftheTowerstheyoncehadfromtheirhomesandoffices.VisitorsaswellarerememberinghowtheWTClookedastheyapproachedManhattanbycarorbyplaneorfromthewater.TheWTCwasacompass.Aswemournfortheterriblelossoflife,wealsowanttoremember.The72imagesoftheWorldTradeCenterpresentedinthisbookdepictaNewYorkweonceknew,onewearenowworkingtorebuild.Formorethantwodecades,practicallysincetheTwinTowerswereerected,BullatyandLomeohavebeenphotographingtheseawesomebuildings.ThepicturesfeaturedhereportraytheWTCfromalldirections,startingwithviewsfromtheeastatdawn,andendingwitheveningviewsfromthewest.TherearecaptivatingpanoramasfromBrooklyn,LowerManhattan,NewJersey,anduptown,takeninallseasons,aswellasasectionshowingthevibrantlifeinthegrandPlazaatthecenterofthebuildings.Together,theycreateanunforgettableportraitoftheTwinTowers.Introducingthisextraordinarycollectionofinterviews,PaulGoldberger'stextevokestheTowersandthecitytheycametosymbolize.Herecallshowtheyevolvedinthepublicmind,targetsofcriticismtobelovedAmericanicons.HeexplainstheirarchitecturalsignificanceandexplorestheirvisceralmeaningtoNewYorkers.Incontrasttobooksdepictingthedisasterandthedaysfollowingit,thisphotographicmemoirwillbewelcomedbyallofus--NewYorkersandvisitorsalike--whoyearntorememberthewaylifewas.
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