Camilo Jose Vergara – View south from the Manhattan Bridge from Madison Street, Chinatown, 1970.

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This picture shows the Twin Towers under construction. Vergara shows us a version of the city many of us are unfamiliar with. For us, the Twin Towers were barely present in our lifetime, because of the September 11th attacks. However, this picture shows a time earlier than 2001 and earlier than 1973 (when the towers were opened), before these towers had even come into existence. Vergara reminds us that there was a time where these towers did not exist, and their place was filled by much smaller buildings.

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