Looking through some old pictures I found these ( will post more). On my youngest son's fifth birthday, October 1995, I asked him where he wanted to go and he said to the top of the Twin Towers. This is from the observation deck of the south tower looking north. The Empire State Building is visible far center.
This is from the indoor observation floor of the south tower looking east to Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Bridge is in the lower left with the Manhattan Bridge right above it.
When you arrived at the top floor indoor observation deck there was a full scale model of Manhattan on display. I remember my son spent more time looking at that than on the outdoor observation deck looking at the real thing.
I went to the top of the towers only twice, unfortunately. It was one of those things where it's always around you so you don't take advantage of it. I still have to get my ass to the Statue of Liberty, one day. As a kid I remember watching the towers going up, quite a sight.
It is strange how many things are in your backyard growing up that are either historical or just plain interesting yet we never see them. When I first moved here 20 yrs ago I would go see things or ask a local about and always get the same response "Never been there". since then we continue to find things to do or see right here most of them are very historical either local or national and still haven't seen all of it.
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