World Trade Center
Joel Meyerowitz
For more than a decade, Joel Meyerowitz photographed the World Trade Center at dawn, at night, in every kind of weather and light. After the towers were gone, he started taking pictures right down in the World Trade Center site. Kurt talks with Meyerowitz about working among the wreckage and recovery workers, nearly every day.
Man On Wire
It had all the glamor, conspiracy, and danger of a classic heist movie, but it was real — and the hero was wearing slippers. Philippe Petit‘s unauthorized walk on a high wire between the World Trade Center towers transfixed the world in 1974, and it’s now the subject of the documentary “Man on Wire.” Kurt […]
Man on Wire
Philippe Petit‘s unauthorized walk on a high wire between the World Trade Center towers transfixed the world in 1974. The Oscar-nominated documentary “Man on Wire” depicts how an acrobat and a rag-tag team of friends pulled off this extraordinary feat. Kurt visits the site of the walk (now Ground Zero) with Petit and director James […]
Architect David Childs on One World Trade Center as Symbol of Resilience
Twelve years ago, architect David Childs witnessed the destruction of New York’s World Trade Center from his office window in downtown Manhattan. Childs saw the landmark Twin Towers go up in flames and while he watched the buildings burn, another man observing the same scene turned to Childs and asked him if the towers would […]
Meet 1WTC, New York’s New Tallest Buildling
If wind speeds aren’t prohibitive Monday, a steel column will be lifted on top of the existing framework of 1 World Trade Center, making it New York’s new tallest building. The first column of the 100th floor of 1 World Trade Center will put the tower 21 feet higher than the Empire State Building – […]