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.

This photograph shows our city in a completely different time. It shows a part of Harlem that looks almost like ruins from a war. Vergara depicts the neglect and terrible conditions that people in poorer neighborhoods, mainly minorities, must live in. It also shows how they don’t seem to mind where they are. It is almost as if they have grown used to it. The African-American boys simply walk over the scrap metal and broken bricks, carrying their instrument cases, almost likely after a day at school, not really paying mind to the building’s ruins.