By — Travis Daub Travis Daub Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/nine-years-of-unbuilding-the-world-trade-center Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter 9 Years of ‘Unbuilding’ the World Trade Center in New York World Sep 10, 2010 2:15 PM EDT “For an instant, each tower left its imprint in the air, a phantom of pulverized concrete marking a place that then became a memory.” —William Langewiesche, “American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center“ To mark the ninth anniversary the Sept. 11 attacks, we have gathered 25 aerial images of lower Manhattan, spanning more than half a century. The images reveal an always-changing city, and the visible efforts to “unbuild” the World Trade Center after the attacks. February, 1954USGS February, 1966USGS June, 1978Google Earth, NOAA April, 1994Google Earth, USGS, NOAA April, 1997USGS April, 1997Google Earth, USGS, NOAA September, 2001Google Earth, GEOEYE December, 2001Google Earth, GEOEYE June, 2002Google Earth, GEOEYE September, 2002Google Earth, GEOEYE April, 2003Google Earth, Sanborn, Digital Globe 2002GeoEye September, 2003Google Earth, BlueSky, GeoEYE September, 2003Google Earth, Blue Sky, GeoEye September, 2003Google Earth, GeoEye February, 2005Google Earth, GeoEye April, 2005Google Earth, Digital Globe August, 2005Google Earth, GeoEye September, 2005Google Earth, GeoEye 2006GeoEye July, 2006Google Earth, Digital Globe March, 2008USGS May, 2008Google Earth, GeoEye May, 2009Google Earth, USDA November, 2009GeoEye We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Travis Daub Travis Daub Travis Daub is Director of Digital at PBS NewsHour. @tcd004
“For an instant, each tower left its imprint in the air, a phantom of pulverized concrete marking a place that then became a memory.” —William Langewiesche, “American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center“ To mark the ninth anniversary the Sept. 11 attacks, we have gathered 25 aerial images of lower Manhattan, spanning more than half a century. The images reveal an always-changing city, and the visible efforts to “unbuild” the World Trade Center after the attacks. February, 1954USGS February, 1966USGS June, 1978Google Earth, NOAA April, 1994Google Earth, USGS, NOAA April, 1997USGS April, 1997Google Earth, USGS, NOAA September, 2001Google Earth, GEOEYE December, 2001Google Earth, GEOEYE June, 2002Google Earth, GEOEYE September, 2002Google Earth, GEOEYE April, 2003Google Earth, Sanborn, Digital Globe 2002GeoEye September, 2003Google Earth, BlueSky, GeoEYE September, 2003Google Earth, Blue Sky, GeoEye September, 2003Google Earth, GeoEye February, 2005Google Earth, GeoEye April, 2005Google Earth, Digital Globe August, 2005Google Earth, GeoEye September, 2005Google Earth, GeoEye 2006GeoEye July, 2006Google Earth, Digital Globe March, 2008USGS May, 2008Google Earth, GeoEye May, 2009Google Earth, USDA November, 2009GeoEye We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now