World Trade Center 1977-1992
Mar 15, 2019 19:48:09 #
Images were documented in 1977 while living in NYC. The Broken Propeller by Alexander Calder was moved to a plaza on the north side of the North Tower 1. The stainless steel piece is by James Rosati. The aerial views were taken in 1977 of the Brooklyn Bridge from tower 2 deck and Ceasar Pelli's interior garden taken in 1992. Taken from the observation room of tower 2 through glass window.
Koenig's fountain sculpture was the only sculpture piece to survive, and there was one other work created by a Japanese sculptor that I can't find my original slide of the work. Kodachrome 25 asa was the choice of film.
Slides 1 and 2 are the sculptor James Rosati.
Slides 3 East River lower Manhattan.
Slide 4 is a plaza and interior garden area by Ceasar Pelli.
Slide 5 Kodachrome 25 photo taken through tinted glass at the Tower #2 inside Observation Area.
All images, Nikon with 20 mm Nikon Lens.
Fritz Koenig sculpture piece is on display as damaged when retrieved after the tower colapses, and now is at the upper Liberty Park promenade in lower Manhattan.
Alexander Calder, 1978 North Tower lower level parking entrance. Relocated to upper north plaza.
Koenig's fountain sculpture was the only sculpture piece to survive, and there was one other work created by a Japanese sculptor that I can't find my original slide of the work. Kodachrome 25 asa was the choice of film.
Slides 1 and 2 are the sculptor James Rosati.
Slides 3 East River lower Manhattan.
Slide 4 is a plaza and interior garden area by Ceasar Pelli.
Slide 5 Kodachrome 25 photo taken through tinted glass at the Tower #2 inside Observation Area.
All images, Nikon with 20 mm Nikon Lens.
Fritz Koenig sculpture piece is on display as damaged when retrieved after the tower colapses, and now is at the upper Liberty Park promenade in lower Manhattan.
Alexander Calder, 1978 North Tower lower level parking entrance. Relocated to upper north plaza.
Sculptor-James Rosati
Sculptor-James Rosati
Lower East River-Manhattan
Ceasar Pelli-Plaza, Garden Atrium
Brooklyn Bridge 1977
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Alexander Calder 1978 Ektachrome
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Alexander Calder 1992 Plaza Location N.T.
Fritz Koenig-Only surviving sculpture piece
Mar 15, 2019 21:32:58 #
Mar 15, 2019 23:15:21 #
Nice series. Thanks for the effort it took to post them here. Makes my blood pressure spike 30 points though. The last is especially poignant knowing what the sculpture piece looks like after.
Mar 16, 2019 13:58:52 #
I photographed the Koenig sculpture piece down by Battery Park in 2011, I was surprized how well it held up considering it being in the center plaza with the fountain as a center piece.
Thanks for your comments, I photographed a lot of areas around NYC back then, I stopped by the new memorial of the two large fountains to view the plaza IN 2011, just makes me angry.
Thanks for your comments, I photographed a lot of areas around NYC back then, I stopped by the new memorial of the two large fountains to view the plaza IN 2011, just makes me angry.
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