  Photographs by Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo, Text by Paul Goldberger Paperback with flaps • 10- 72 illustrations, 70 in full color • 108 pages $19.95 • ISBN 0-7892-0764-8 In Stock 
Contents • Publisher's Preface • The World Trade Center: Rising in Sheer Exaltation by Paul Goldberger • The View Looking East • The View Looking South • The Grand Plaza • The View Looking North • The View Looking West About the Authors Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo are world renowned photographers, whose Abbeville books include Provence, Tuscany, Venice and the Veneto, and America, America. Angelo Lomeo lives in New York. Paul Goldberger is one of the nation's most respected architecture critics. The winner of a Pulitzer Prize for his work at The New York Times, he has been the architectural critic for The New Yorker since 1997. He lives with his wife and his three sons in New York.
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A stirring photographic tribute to the Twin Towers, which were the icons of the New York skyline.
Rising dramatically above all other skyscrapers at the tip of Manhattan, the World Trade Center symbolized New York. From any direction the Towers were lodestars, Manhattan's local mountains. As New Yorkers desperately seek a path toward healing, following the dark events of September 11, they have been reminiscing about the view of the Towers they once had from their homes and offices. Visitors as well are remembering how the WTC looked as they approached Manhattan by car or by plane or from the water. The WTC was a compass. As we mourn for the terrible loss of life, we also want to remember. The 72 images of the World Trade Center presented in this book depict a New York we once knew, one we are now working to rebuild. For more than two decades, practically since the Twin Towers were erected, Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo have been photographing these awesome buildings. The pictures featured here portray the WTC from all directions, starting with views from the east at dawn, and ending with evening views from the west. There are captivating panoramas from Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, New Jersey, and uptown, taken in all seasons, as well as a section showing the grand Plaza at the center of the buildings. Together, they create an unforgettable portrait of the Twin Towers. Introducing this extraordinary collection of photographs, Paul Goldberger's text evokes the Towers and the city they came to symbolize. He recalls how they evolved in the public mind, targets of criticism to beloved American icons. He explains their architectural significance and explores their visceral meaning to New Yorkers. In contrast to books depicting the disaster and the days following it, this photographic memoir will be welcomed by all of us—New Yorkers and visitors alike—who yearn to remember the way life was. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Twin Towers Fund to assist the needy families of the uniformed services of New York City.
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Other Abbeville books you might enjoy By Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo: Provence, Tuscany, and Venice and the Veneto About New York: Manhattan Lightscape, Manhattan Lightscape Postcard Book, Covering the New Yorker About America: The White House, Treasures of the White House (Tiny Folio), Wake Up, America! |
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