Cranes @Construction Site, Ground Zero, NYC

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   {image by O'Dasor De, LAM}

Reflection of 140 West on 7WTC

we've shot variations of this image many, many times.
it fascinates us. :-0

140 West Street (the art deco building)
is reflected on the mirrored facade
of the reconstructed 7 World Trade Building.

on 9/11, 140 West was pierced by girders from
the WTC South Tower, in the end it remained
standing. now its been repaired,
and is in use.

on 9/11, 7 WTC was untouched by girders,
airplanes, or other major, heavy-weight material,
yet it collapsed utterly, completely
and unexplainedly. the 9/11 Commission Report
didn't even try. the entire event was omitted!
the building was rebuilt within months.
and is in use.

:-|

on the other side from both,
across Vesey Street,
is the Big Ditch called
Ground Zero.

the Freedom Towers have been under
construction for more than eight years
(longer than the original WTC,
and years after 7 WTC was rebuilt)
and yet there's nothing resembling a building
in site!

:-(

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Dedicated to . . . ?

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{Dedicated to . . . ?
by O'Dasor De, LAM}



The intersection of Washington Street and Vesey Street is dead-ended by the World Trade center reconstruction site.

At the other end of the block it is dead-ended by the Barclay Building.

So, if we've been paying attention, it is exactly one block long. On one side of Washington Street is the rear end of 7 WTC, on the other side is the rear of the Verizon headquarters.

If one wants to set up a hot dog stand, or a coffee stand, or a mobile breakfast grill the customer base would be limited to whoever exits the buildings on either side plus whatever foot traffic attracted by the reconstruction site moves along Vesey Street toward the World Financial Center.

A substantial amount of people that is moving along rather quickly yet is rarely in the mood for a dirty water tube steak.

Then there are the construction workers.

Now there's a catch!

These burly folk LIVE on a diet of hot dogs and pretzels, regular coffee* and buttered rolls.

*{in NYC "regular" has a tale of its own. more on this at another date.}

Competition for these customers is fierce!

What we see in the picture is ONE of three vendors that compete on this block, the latest vendor to join the melee.

In what is considered a marketing coupe, the vendor had a mural painted on his cart. It reads "DEDICATED TO WORLD TRADE CENTER BUILDERS".

We fully expect the other vendors to follow suit with their own marketing campaigns. We’ll keep you posted. :-)
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