Monday, September 11, 2006

Nostalgic Photoblogging

From 1987, my senior year in high school, back when I was still a New Yorker and knew the towers would stand forever.
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11 comments:

Eli said...

I liked the towers. I thought they anchored the skyline, and I would like to see them rebuilt exactly as they were before. Alas, it'll never happen, and Manhattan will have a bizarro skyline.

9/11/2006 08:41:00 PM
Anonymous said...

The second photograph is unique. Sigh... New York will never be the same...

9/11/2006 09:07:00 PM
Eli said...

Thanks.

I really do miss the damn things.

9/11/2006 09:12:00 PM
Eli said...

As a Chicagoan, if somehow the Sears Tower or the Hancock Building were ever destroyed, I'd probably want them rebuilt as they were (as least lookwise).

Yep. To me, it's the ultimate fuck-you to the terrorists. Replacing the landmark with something lame seems like a defeat.

I can't really answer the complaint that you'd never be able to tenant the rebuilt towers, tho.

9/11/2006 09:38:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Eli, all of us have some things to feel like crap about. Blogwhoring to your friends at Atrios' place need not be that for you: the other Atriots see you as one of their own.

They value your wit, punning skill and beautiful photos, they complained a lot when you seemed to have deserted to newer pastures recently.

Guilt for blogwhoring is too small a thing…go out and sin a little. You need to have FUN first, to justify feeling like crap.

9/11/2006 10:03:00 PM
Eli said...

Thank you, polly, you're very kind. I just didn't like the idea of people visiting my blog only because I was telling them to, or assuming that if I wasn't whoring something, I must not have posted anything worth reading or seeing.

So I've basically abandoned all efforts to promote my blog, and I find that my peace of mind is much improved, even if my traffic isn't.

9/11/2006 10:11:00 PM
geor3ge said...

Damn, eli, but you do have an eye.

9/11/2006 10:16:00 PM
Eli said...

Thanks, geor3ge! Or used to, anyway...

9/11/2006 10:19:00 PM
Interrobang said...

Those are some very cool pictures. I have to say I was never a fan of the WTC buildings; I thought they were distinctly characterless compared to a lot of the stuff in Manhattan. Having seen the skyline both ways, I think the contrast is...instructive. In some ways, I think the WTC buildings' being gone has restored Lower Manhattan to human scale, if that makes any sense to you.

I hate to be such a contrarian. Please keep posting pictures, Eli, and blogwhore on Eschaton all you like, too. I don't know who's been giving you static about it, but they can go scratch.

If I may blogwhore a bit myself, I offer my opinions on the subject only because September 11, 2001 happened to someone else.

9/12/2006 02:08:00 AM
karmic said...

Eli.. Nice pics. As you probably know I read your blog cos I like it and blogwhoring has nothing to do with it. :)

9/12/2006 07:23:00 AM
Eli said...

Please keep posting pictures, Eli, and blogwhore on Eschaton all you like, too. I don't know who's been giving you static about it, but they can go scratch.

Thanks, Interro. I don't think anyone's ever given me any static about it - it's purely an internal thing.


And thank you too, jay. You know I appreciate it.

9/12/2006 07:43:00 AM

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