Thread by @Aviation_Intel

I'm fascinated with Twin Tower photos. They were really impressive sort of brutalist structures in person. Some shots are just amazing. Like this one, taken during construction showing the elevator shafts and the skeleton of the buildings. It's like something out of Blade Runner.

At least for a time, after construction, the buildings were visible top to bottom from the river view, which was just spectacular. Seeing the entire structures made them even more majestic and almost surreal. See here:

This shot is also just gorgeous. The towers were great canvases for light. So many different moods to be had, nearly endless possibilities.

In an earlier tweet I discussed seeing them for the first time as a kid from a cab window, how it was surprising and overwhelming. The close-up wide-angle view was really something for photos. The twin aspect really played uniquely for the camera at these close ranges.

Here's another good one top to bottom:

While they were majestic in an imposing, awe-inspiring way during the day, at night they took on a whole other vibe. Their structures receded into the darkness. Very futuristic seeing absolutely huge twin twinkling monoliths all lit up like that on the skyline.

While the view from a distance gets all the attention, close up the New Formalism style details really made the buildings special. There was more going on than just the big gray rectangles most have come to know in stock images.

Sadly, I never went inside. I wish I did. It was a Modern/New Formalism/International style design dream:

Finally, back to where it began. The towers being constructed in the late 1960s/early 1970s, you can see just how massively they had already changed the Manhattan skyline:

Anyways, thanks for taking this trip down memory lane with me.

Never Forget.