Thirty-six Views of One World Trade Center
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All images are lithographs drawn on a stone and printed by the artist on Hahnemühle bright white paper, size 15.5" × 11", 2013–2015. The images were created chronologically, as One World Trade Center was being built.
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The Ghost of 9/11 and Beginning the Rebuilding
The first print in the series includes a ghost image of the artist's 9-11 lithograph self-portrait (2011), with hands over head as if protecting from falling debris, superimposed over the WTC building site with cranes, trucks, construction equipment and a few small worker figures.
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Building the Plaza
Figures of construction workers on site rebuilding the WTC plaza which comes to include the 9-11 Memorial; cranes in the background are constructing the One World Trade Center (1WTC) building.
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The North Memorial Void
The North Memorial Void section of the 9-11 Memorial site under construction with tree plantings and 1WTC rising in background.
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Spire on the Hudson
Image of a barge on the Hudson River carrying pieces of the spire for 1WTC being pushed by a tugboat. 1WTC rises strongly in the background as it joins other iconic structures of the harbor skyline such as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building.
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Winter Garden
Looking at 1WTC through the glass dome of the Winter Garden.
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Promenade Night
A night view from the Brooklyn Promenade overlooking the Hudson River to 1WTC under construction. A romantic spot for couples, a third lone figure (the artist) appears in the far left foreground.
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Raising the Beacon
As a crane raises the beacon for the top of the 1WTC spire festooned with the American flag, workers are photographing the event on their cellphones.
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Spring Blooms
Brooklyn magnolia trees bloom in the foreground with a view of 1WTC under construction centered in the background.
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Space Shuttle
View from the harbor showing the space shuttle on a barge, the shuttle having just completed its last flight. Escorted by smaller boats, a fireboat "salutes" the shuttle with a red-white-and-blue water display as the shuttle passes 1WTC (under construction, on the left; 4WTC is shown under construction on the right).
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Two Spires
A view looking up to two spires - one of St. Paul's Chapel, a place of respite for rescue and recovery workers and the scene of many expressions of support after 9-11 and the other of 1WTC. An American flag and trees on the church graveyard are in the foreground and clouds are reflected in the glass on 1WTC. This was the spot where the artist began her rescue efforts on September 11, 2001 with other members of the FDNY. She often spent her WTC recovery effort break periods in St. Paul's.
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Planting a Memorial Tree
A swamp white oak tree (one of over 400 trees to be planted on the September 11 Memorial) is hoisted up in front of 1WTC (still under construction) with clouds reflected on the building. Trees sketched in the foreground are growing in the graveyard of St. Paul's Chapel.
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The Statue of Liberty's Gaze
The New York City skyline with the Statue of Liberty gazing toward 1WTC with a spire on top of the building. Tourists gathered at Lady Liberty's feet enjoy a clear sky. Perhaps some of them, like the artist, also see a great emptiness.
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Empire State
The Empire State Building and midtown Manhattan on a hazy, air-polluted summer day with a view of 1WTC in the distance.
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Staten Island Remembers
A view of lower Manhattan and 1WTC from the Staten Island 9-11 memorial "Postcards," dedicated to the residents of Staten Island lost on September 11, 2001 and in the WTC 1993 bombing. Overlooking the harbor, someone has left a memorial wreath. The image shows the left wall of the memorial with the portrait profiles of the people lost.
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The Ferry
A view of the New York harbor skyline from the deck of an empty Staten Island ferry returning to Manhattan. The lone sitting figure is a self-portrait of the artist. The image references multiple water-themed prints by Hiroshige and Rivière.
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Moon Over the Harbor
A full moon illuminates the Statue of Liberty looking out at 1WTC lit up with construction lights in an otherwise dark sky.
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Meadowlands
Overlooking the Meadowlands, wetlands often used as industrial sites and dumping grounds, the view shows broken posts, utility poles, New Jersey bluffs, and roads near the Secaucus train station. Far away, 1WTC appears outsized.
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JFK Mirage
A "mirage" view of the Manhattan skyline seen from the John F. Kennedy airport in Queens. A plane shimmers in the foreground.
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Working in the Tower
An African American woman laborer working inside of 1WTC, signs her name on a building beam before completion of construction. At the bottom of the print, she is using tools of her trade (screwdriver, hammer, saw, ladder, shovel) in three scenes.
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View From the Q Train
View looking through the subway Q train window as it crosses the Manhattan Bridge. Graffiti on two bridge beams references two Japanese artists famous for their "Views" series who influenced the artist. On left is "Hiroshige" and on right "Hokusai" inscribed in Kanji. 1WTC can be seen in the center background with three (3) birds in flight and a view of the NYC Municipal Building.
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Winter Walk
Two walkers on the Brooklyn Bridge, facing away from the viewer, taking photographs and looking at 1WTC (on the left) on a bright, winter's day.
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Eighty-eighth Floor Under Construction
A view from inside 1WTC (still under construction) on the 88th floor looking out toward Brooklyn and Long Island. Rain is shown using an artistic convention used by Hokusai and Hiroshige. On the right inside the building is fireproofing on a beam.
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Never Forget
A woman firefighter looking across the street at 1WTC and the 9-11 Memorial under construction, surrounded by tourists crowding the 9-11 Firefighters' Memorial on the wall of Engine 10/Ladder 10's firehouse. The tourists are focused on the representations of firefighters on the wall and ignore the woman firefighter.
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Gowanus Summer
A cyclist rides a bike over the Union Street drawbridge in Brooklyn -- barrier arm up, drawbridge office covered in graffiti. In the background, a blimp floats in the summer sky as the top of 1WTC peeks over the trees.
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Up High in the Bronx
Looking out from a tall building in the Bronx at typical Bronx buildings. In the distance, is the Manhattan skyline with 1WTC faintly showing in the center right.
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Queens Railroad Relic
An abandoned railroad relic on the Queens side of the East River. A dog in the foreground references prints by both Hiroshige and Rivière that include animals and sculptural figures of animals. A tiny 1WTC is in the far center distance of the image.
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Empty Sky
The New Jersey memorial entitled "Empty Sky" with the names of New Jersey 9-11 victims, recreates the view of the Twin Towers before their destruction with two memorial walls. On a very bright summer day, people are indistinguishable from their dark shadows. The new 1WTC is on the left in the now-empty sky of Manhattan.
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Fall Day in the Village
A fall day showing typical West Village buildings, a woman crossing the street, traffic, a broken umbrella, and birds and fallen leaves blowing around, explicitly referencing prints by Hokusai, Hiroshige and Rivière showing blustery weather.
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Expressway
View of 1WTC in the Manhattan skyline as seen by drivers in the Brooklyn Queens Expressway traffic to Brooklyn, with a face (self-portrait) in the car side mirror lower left corner.
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Coney Island Wonder Wheel
A view from inside the Wonder Wheel (Ferris Wheel) car looking out at the Coney Island amusement park carousel, elevated train, apartment buildings and Manhattan skyline with a tiny 1WTC in the center right background.
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Bird's Eye View
A bird's eye view of New York City skyline at sunrise, with a Red-tailed Hawk in upper left corner. Lower Manhattan buildings are reflected in the Hudson River and Brooklyn and Long Island are in the hazy distance. References a Hiroshige print.
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Survivors
A retired police officer, Joe, standing next to the "Survivor Tree" on the 9-11 Memorial covered in snow with "spattered" snow falling. Both Joe and the tree survived the devastation of the attack on September 11, 2001. The tree is in full bloom despite the snow. A small Japanese-style rabbit on the scene serves as the artist's avatar. The artist, a fire lieutenant, a first responder on September 11, also survived.
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Looking Down
A view looking out of windows of the new 1WTC observation deck down at the construction of many new WTC buildings including the Calatrava Oculus. The South Memorial Void is in the lower right corner.
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Boating on the Hackensack
Three kayakers on a choppy Hackensack River in New Jersey, looking at the city skyline with the view of 1WTC in the center background. The kayaker in the left most boat is the artist's self-portrait.
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Williamsburg Rooftops
A typical gritty Brooklyn rooftop view of 1WTC behind the Williamsburg Bridge with various roof structures and pigeons in a cloudy sky.
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Tribute
Looking up at the completed 1WTC on the anniversary of 9-11 at night when twin blue lights representing the Twin Towers and honoring those lost are beamed into the sky every year for one night only. From this perspective, the twin lights become one light. This is the only print in the series to use color.