Month Nine: May
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Misty morning viewing platform
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Watching
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Cross, flag, tarps
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Liberty Street
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No bodies have been found in the last 2 weeks, and only a few small piles of debris remain at the site. The city announces that the removal effort will end by the end of the month.
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| Waiting for a railing |
The viewing platform still draws pilgrims, but tarps and rows of trailers on the site block much of the view.
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Trailer park
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| Winter garden |
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| Orange ramps allow trucks down into the site |
The walls of the viewing platform tell their own story, in many languages. I wonder if the city will keep the boards.
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January 20
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February 25
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Flowers by the gate
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Penguin, sake, fire truck
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A shield of roses
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Fire box
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Flag residue
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He who fights
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Pointing an arrow
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GWB
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| New paint job |
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| Heros are not hard to find |
Off of the platform, the story continues ...
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Scarred and scared
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By the WFC marina
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I count 40
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Seeing double
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NY loves something
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Past
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Heart and crossbones
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Where indeed?
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JFK
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| Project Liberty |
... it’s a lot to absorb.
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The marina at the World Financial Center
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Open for business
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Scaffolding
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Temporary signage
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The view from United Artists
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Looking across West Street
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The lobby and restaurants of the World Financial Center reopen to the public, though the Winter Garden is still under scaffold.
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| WFC lobby |
The Battery Park movie theater reopens in time to host the Tribeca Film Festival.
The theater windows face the Trade Center site, an unintended viewing platform.
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| United Artists Battery park |
I go back the next afternoon.The view is stunning.
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A new view, from the northwest
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NYPD Temp HQ
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Triage
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xxx
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No pictures, no looking
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I notice the Burger King on Liberty Street that served as a temporary police headquarters in the days and weeks after the collapse.
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| Evidence upstairs, no bathroom |
Farther down Liberty Street, an operations area for the fire department is taped up and covered with patches from departments around the world.
A high wall keeps the WTC site out of view. Signs and police officers keep people from peeking.
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| What we have done |
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| Lower Manhattan in the distance, from Henry Street, Brooklyn |
