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@rich-king.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 2:09 PM

City as Metaphor
Lower Manhattan as seen from the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights, taken 1988 and 2021. Two images by Richard Koenig.

#manhattan #manhattan1980s #newyork1980s #filmphotography #rephotography #woolworthbuilding #eastriver #worldtradecenter #promenade #brooklynheights

A color photograph of lower Manhattan as seen from the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights, taken 1988. The World Trade Center is visible in the background, just off center to the right side. The East River is in the foreground.A color photograph of lower Manhattan as seen from the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights, taken 2021. One World Trade Center is visible in the background, just off center to the right side. The East River is in the foreground.
@rich-king.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 2:43 AM

View from the Bridge

If you walked over the Brooklyn Bridge in the 80s, this is what you saw. The World Trade Center is obvious of course, but look at the Woolworth Building (taken in 1988)—it's nearly hidden now.

Image © Richard Koenig

#worldtradecenter #brooklynbridge #woolworthbuilding #wtc

A color photograph made looking at lower Manhattan from the center of the Brooklyn Bridge. The World Trade Center dominates the frame, silver or white in early morning light. The Woolworth Building is in the middle of the frame, also glowing. The western tower of the bridge is next moving left to right, and lastly that ol' Ma Bell building, logo still attached. Much closer to the camera (and viewer of the image), a car from the late 1970s can be seen on the roadway below (on the bridge, headed for Brooklyn).