Chủ Nhật, 13 tháng 9, 2020

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

New York's landscape especially Manhattan's financial center has changed dramatically after 19 years.

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 built to rise to the sky, creating an entirely new skyline (artificial skyline created by the overall structure) for Manhattan's financial center.

The image of the peaceful Twin Towers stood out on the Manhattan skyline in June 1999. (Photo: AP)

In December 2003 the design of 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 World Trade Center (WTC) Twin Towers.

After that, other World Trade Centers along with Monuments, museums, performing arts centers, WTC transport center and Freedom park continued to sprout at the location.

And the skyline of Manhattan has completely changed to a new look like this. (Photo: AP)

2 more years, World Trade Center 3, World Trade Center 4, and 9/11 Memorial just completed ...


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