New look of the Manhattan skyline 19 years after the 9/11 attacks

09/12/2020 Business, World



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The landscape of New York, especially the financial center of Manhattan, has changed dramatically after 19 years. The series of photos compiled by Business Insider on September 10, 2020 clearly shows this.

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Images of the 1999 Twin Towers (left) and the 2018 World Trade Center One (right). (Photo: AP)

Over the past 19 years, the former site of the World Trade Center Twin Towers (WTC, 1973-2001) has become a memorial to the 2,977 people who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

New buildings have also been constructed to soar into the sky, creating an entirely new horizon (artificial horizon created by the overall structure) for the financial center of Manhattan.

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The image of the tranquil Twin Towers stood out on the Manhattan skyline in June 1999. (Photo: AP)
New look of the Manhattan skyline 19 years after 9/11: 3 attacks
But the Manhattan skyline was distorted just over two years later. (Photo: AP)

In December 2003, the design for World Trade Center One (also known as the Freedom Tower) was finally announced. But until June 2010, this skyscraper gradually emerged. This is the main building of 7 new World Trade Centers built on the old Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (WTC).

After that, other World Trade Centers and Monuments, museums, performing arts centers, the WTC transportation hub, and Freedom Park continued to sprout up at the previous location.

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The Sept. 10, 2004 photo shows the site of the WTC Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan with the Hudson River to the left. (Photo: AP)
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Performance on September 11, 2006, “Tribute in Lights” (an installation of 88 vertical lights, creating two columns of light that represent the Twin Towers of the WTC). (Image: Reuters)
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The memorial waterfalls were tested on July 15, 2011. The facade of World Trade Center One begins to reflect the New York sky. (Photo: AP)
New look of the Manhattan skyline 19 years after 9/11 - 7 terrorist attacks
Tu Do Park opened in June 2016. From there, visitors can look up to Monument Ground Zero (Ground number 0, where the WTC Twin Towers used to be).
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A tourist takes a commemorative photo in Freedom Park on June 29, 2016. (Photo: AP)

2 more years, World Trade Center 3, World Trade Center 4 and the recently completed 9/11 Memorial …

The New Look of the Manhattan Skyline 19 Years After 9/11 - 9 Terrorist Attacks
In the photo taken on June 8, 2018 (from left to right) are World Trade Center One, Three and Four. (Photo: AP)
The New Look of the Manhattan Skyline 19 Years After 9/11 - 10 Terrorist Attacks
And the Manhattan skyline has completely changed to a new look like this. (Photo: AP)

Linh Le

According to the Business Insider

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