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The Twin Towers shaped the Manhattan skyline for decades. Now, it’s shaped by their absence

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par Elizabeth Musgrave, Associate Professor of Architecture, Bond University

At 10:28am on September 11 2001 New York City’s skyline was suddenly and dramatically altered.

The world watched television screens in horror as first the North Tower and then the South Tower collapsed, with the death of almost 3,000 people and the devastation of an entire city precinct.

Resilient New Yorkers responded to this shocking event and its aftermath with fortitude, quickly setting in train processes for memorials and the planning and construction of new towers.

That the Twin…

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