The World Trade Center Remembered [Paperback]

Sonja Bullaty (Author), Paul Goldberger (Author), Angelo Lomeo (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 9, 2001

Rising dramatically above all other skyscrapers at the tip of Manhattan, the World Trade Center symbolized New York. From any direction the Towers were lodestars, Manhattan's local mountains. The seventy-two images of the World Trade Center presented in this book depict a New York we once knew, one we are now working to rebuild. For more than two decades, practically since the Twin Towers were erected, Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo photographed these awesome buildings. The pictures featured here portray the site from all directions, starting with views from the east at dawn, and ending with evening views from the west. There are captivating panoramas from Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, New Jersey, and uptown, taken in all seasons, as well as a section showing the grand Plaza at the center of the buildings. Together, they create an unforgettable portrait of the Twin Towers.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

This book pays tribute to the New York City skyline as it was graced by the World Trade Center before September 11. With accompanying text by Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for the New Yorker, this album of photographs by Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo, veteran Abbeville photographers who have been photographing the building for two decades, gathers beautiful images of the twin towers from every angle imaginable, from studies of architectural details to distance shots taken from the harbor. The Trade Center appears here like a fashion model, in love with the camera and eager to show off every svelte line. Brad Hooper
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About the Author

Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo are world-renowned photographers, whose Abbeville books include Provence, Tuscany. Venice and the Veneto, and America, America. Angelo Lomeo lives in New York. Paul Goldberger is one of the nation's most respected architecture critics. The winner of a Pulitzer Prize for his work at The New York Times, he has been the architectural critic at The New Yorker since 1997. He lives with his wife and his three sons in New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 108 pages
• Publisher: Abbeville Press (November 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789207648
• ISBN-13: 978-0789207647
• Product Dimensions: 13 x 10.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,148,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely beautiful pictures..., December 9, 2001

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Chynared21 (Staten Island, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World Trade Center Remembered (Paperback)

What a wonderful tribute to the World Trade Center. It is a book of little words, just striking photographs of the towers from many vantage points and a brief introduction by Paul Goldberger. It is a collection of photos taken over many years by renowned photographers Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo that were beautifully put together into four sections: East, South, North, and West.

It is definitely a "must have" book. Like many New Yorkers I didn't have one picture of the WTC, yet I had visited numerous times and now I have many pictures in one great book to treasure.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful WTC remembrance!, January 3, 2002

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"jerseygirlbooks" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World Trade Center Remembered (Paperback)

I love this book! It is full of lovely pictures of the World Trade Center, taken from every vantage point over a 27 year period. I was thrilled to receive this as a gift, since it vividly captures the towers as I remember them, and it doesn't include any of the horrific images of 9/11(just a picture of the NYC skyline, with the WTC gone, post-9/11). I have worked near the WTC and commuted through it for years, and am very pleased to have this book as a remembrance of better times. I really recommend it--the pictures are fabulous!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful tribute!, December 6, 2001

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Robert Ortiz (The Southwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World Trade Center Remembered (Paperback)

This is a beautiful collection of photographs taken of the World Trade Center. The photographs were taken from various vantage points looking at the towers from the north, south, east and west. Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo do an excellent job of capturing the towers in their true essence; as architectural and structural marvels quietly but proudly standing watch over lower Manhattan while also serving as a point of reference and orientation for NYC residents and tourists alike. The photographs are crisp and clear; some of them are old some new, but always visually striking. Paul Goldberger's text is informative, well written and heartfelt without sounding trite or pretentious. The book also includes a nice publisher's preface and a touching photographer's dedication. Overall, a stirring photographic tribute that would add nicely to any library!