Friday, March 7, 2014

A view of the East Village (and more) from atop the World Trade Center in 1978

Earlier this morning, we posted the photo (via Time magazine) of the neighborhood from atop of the One World Trade Center ...



East Village resident Felton Davis just shared this ... a scan from one of several hundred Kodachome slides from the World Trade Center Observation Deck from the 1970s (this particular shot is circa 1978)... showing the neighborhood (and more) from a similar angle...



Also, as a bonus, here's a photo at sunset showing the shadow of the Twin Towers extending all the way across the East River and into Williamsburg...

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7 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyMarch 7, 2014 at 12:47 PM

    That shadow photo is pretty cool.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 7, 2014 at 1:07 PM

    agreed, goggla! i have never seen one of those shadow photos for the twin-towered wtc.

    I-)

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  3. ShawnMarch 7, 2014 at 1:43 PM

    That Time.com Gigapan thing is going to occupy me for the REST OF MY LIFE THANK YOU

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  4. genevieveMarch 7, 2014 at 4:51 PM

    That's really cool.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 8, 2014 at 1:27 AM

    Greatest 'Top 'o the World Trade Tower' picture I ever saw, was a postcard I bought when I first moved to NYC. It was titled "Moon Over Manhattan". I've just found a copy of the image on the interwebs.
    This is it here:
    http://www.annalsofamericus.com/journal/the-death-of-dickie-riley/

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  6. AnonymousMarch 8, 2014 at 2:04 PM

    > "Moon Over Manhattan"

    and here i thought you meant this: http://venturegalleries.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Always-Awesome.jpeg

    I-)

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  7. AnonymousMarch 8, 2014 at 3:07 PM

    The thing that amazes me about the Kaplan photo (aside from Riley having the steadiness of nerve to actually stand-up on the edge of the antenna AND pull his pants down) is; where the hell did Kaplan shoot the photograph from?

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