Dec 15, 2017
Lower Manhattan’s Financial District skyscrapers looking southeast from World Trade Center’s North Tower (1 WTC), during the construction of the complex in December, 1970.
The steel skeleton of the 54-story U.S. Steel Building (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1972) under construction appears on foreground, and Wall Street old skyscrapers district appears at background. The steel skeleton of South Tower (2 WTC) appears at right.
Photo: A. Vine/Hulton Archives.
Source: Harris, Bill. "The World Trade Center. A Tribute". London, Courage Books. 2001.