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Illustrations for Suzanne Stephens' essay,
"Fantasy Intersects with Reality at Ground Zero" from Imagining Ground Zero (Rizzoli, 2004) page 1 - page 2 |
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| Two images above: When the World Trade Center was still being built, Hans Hollein came up with schemes for "Urban Renewal of Manhattan, 1964." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Another vision for lower Manhattan is seen in Paul Rudolph's Lower Manhattan Expressway project, New York City, 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Left: Frank Gehry, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2003; Below: Hermann Finsterlin, "Fantasy I, 1919" (left), and Gehry's sketch for the Walt Disney Concert Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Two illustrations above: Photocollages by Hugh Hardy, 2002, of the New York skyline, c. 1930 and after completion of the World Trade Center. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Plan of lower Manhattan as the "center" of New York, 1803 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lower Manhattan looking north, 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Site plan of World Trade Center area before superblock was created | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| source: Imagining Ground Zero: Official and Unofficial Proposals for the World Trade Center Site, by Suzanne Stephens. Rizzoli, 2004. | |||||||||||||||||||||||