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Title
Downtown Manhattan Circa Nineteen Seventy Nine
Artist
Chris Lord
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A vintage feel image of downtown Manhattan featuring the twin towers of the World Trade Center newly built circa 1979.
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August 21st, 2010
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Viewed 9,937 Times - Last Visitor from Norwalk, CT on 04/25/2024 at 2:00 AM
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New York, NY - United States
Many thanks to LENORE SENIOR for the FEATURE in "Old Masters - Photographers And Digital Arts"
Kansas City, Mo - United States
Congratulations your wonderful artwork has been featured on the Art District Homepage!
San Francisco Bay Area, CA - United States
Chris! What a great artwork! Congratulations on the Sale!! L/F
Chicago, IL - United States
Congratulations on your sale, memories of what it was.
Chris Lord replied:
Yes, it pays to be old Julie! :-) I have lots of stuff going back all those years. Thank you very much
New Rochelle, NY - United States
Congratulations Chris great work on it!! Amazing piece of history!! Cheers!! :D
East Brunswick, NJ - United States
Congratulations, Chris! Photographers are warriors capturing history for everyone to remember. Such a great shot of the towers from their early stage :)
Morganton, NC - United States
great shot Chris! I worked 3 blocks from WTC for 22 years -- will never forget "that day."
Chris Lord replied:
Very kind of you to leave a nice comment - twice! :-) Thank you doubly much, Bill. Very pleased that you escaped unscathed that awful day. Cheers
Morganton, NC - United States
Chris --great creation Chris! I was in my office on 9/11 (the building over the ferry terminal --right side of picture). That day will be with me forever.
Allentown, PA - United States
Congrats on your sale Chris! What a wonderful vintage piece. So wonderful to see the Towers.I'll never forget the first time I went to NYC a few months after 9/11, seeing that empty skyline driving in made us all cry. This is a great tribute! L/F
Chris Lord replied:
Being an oldster is useful sometimes as it gives me a huge backlog of images to go back to. This one has been a permanent favorite of mine and has seen versions through all kinds of tech changes over the years. Happy you liked this version. Thank you. I miss these building too. I especially enjoyed going up to the open roof and spending time looking out over the city. It was so quiet and peaceful up there. I took their destruction as a personal affront. Cheers
New Rochelle, NY - United States
Dynamic shot Chris.. Congrats on your sale. :))
Chris Lord replied:
One of the advantages of being an oldtimer is that you can go back to the past and resurrect things! :-) Glad you enjoyed this one Glenn, thanks very much. Cheers
Brookeville, MD - United States
Awesome news, Chris!!! congratulations!!!
Chris Lord replied:
I'm lucky with this old standby, it has done really well. Thanks very much Lois, all the best, cheers.
Oakdale, CA - United States
I'm not! It's lovely and they are gone now! It should be quite the collector item! Congrats! ....and it's AWESOME!! Good job!!
Silute, Si - Lithuania
I like this picture two. I live abroad but these buildings will always be the part of New york to me. I've seen the city live only without twins but in my mind NY is always with them.
Chris Lord replied:
Although the "twins" were there for many less years than, say, the Empire State Building or the Chrysler Building their iconic image will have them be that way in many peoples minds for many years to come I think.Thanks for your thoughtful comment Ausra.
Hartselle, AL - United States
wow fantastic image, saddening though, congratulations on your sale
Chris Lord replied:
Yes, these buildings will always have a spot in my heart. Happy to hear that you like the image Kathy, thanks very much for that and the congrats. Cheers
Lithia, FL - United States
Congrats on your sale, Chris. Awesome shot and I love the sepia.
Chris Lord replied:
Thanks very much indeed Carol, this has proved to be my most successful image and it's ironic that I made it so long ago before the digital era. Cheers.
Brooklyn, NY - United States
wow, what's wonderful about this is you can see the North Tower all of the way to the base, which is pretty unusual. Most images were taken after the World Financial Center was started, (and that might be it in front of the south tower), so you can't see the base. This captures an aspect of the WTC that I feel is part of their beauty, their mathematic simplicity and elegance, their use of rectangles, thirds, proportion. I know that many people lost loved ones, and I sympathize deeply with that, but I also miss the buildings themselves, the rectangles within rectangles, their simple yet perfect lines,
Chris Lord replied:
I used to spend time here and there on the open deck on top of the south tower. It was peaceful and quiet up so high above the crazy city. I loved it. I would sometimes take photographs from up there to. I took their destruction personally, and I really miss them still. That's actually the unfinished Hotel at the base. Thanks so much for that detailed comment, cheers.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - United States
Thats a real nice picture of the twin towers, Congrats on your sale.
Bronxville, NY - United States
Congratulations on your sale, Chris!
Chris Lord replied:
I hadn't even discovered this one 'till I saw your comment! Thanks very much Jessica. Cool! :-)
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