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The Intersect examines the reciprocal influences of technology and the arts.
Artists on the Architecture of After 9/11
Latest issue · No. 87

Artists on the Architecture of After 9/11

The emergency ended twenty-five years ago. The cameras never got the memo.

Twentyfive years ago, on September 11th, I was in my office in 4 World Trade Center, which was one of the smaller World Trade Center buildings nestled between Tower 1 and Tower 2, with our office looking out to World Trade Center Plaza. I heard the first explosion and saw the smoke, but like many…

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