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Title: Sometime Lofty Towers: A Photographic Memorial of the World Trade Center by Jake Rajs, Robert Hutchinson ISBN: 0-7631-5472-5 Publisher: Browntrout Publishers Pub. Date: 17 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: a marriage of true signs
Comment: Robert Hutchinson captures the innermost workings of western civilization in his moving photographic tribute to the spirit of New York. Its power and beauty are symbolized by the World Trade Towers. And now in the aftermath of 911 so is its passion. I hazard that many of us who once lived in Manhattan and have since moved away have forgotten how much we loved New York. Hutchinson reminds us how much of a state of mind the city is. For you can never truly move away. Just as we can never truly move away from the verity infused in the Bard's sonnet that the author briliantly matches to the stretchings and tragedy of modernity in the tower's tragic end. In a single allusion, he redeems the tragedy. The coldly compelling text describing the impacts and collapse of the towers stands in bleak and deathly juxtaposition to the soaring inspiration of New York. For as real as the towers is the kind of society that built, used, and toiled in it. It is an international, indeed global society, a triumph of western ideas of tolerance, inclusion, vibrancy, freedom. In my Columbia University days we used to refer to the neighborhood as "Bagdad on Hudson," in celebration of the rich diversity and energy of the place. That in the end was the target of the attack. Hutchinson's memorial helps us weep for the victims, recognize the simple heroism of ordinary inhabitants ... and holds up a mirror to our glory.
Rating: 4
Summary: Stunning before-and-after photos...
Comment: This tribute to the fallen World Trade Center towers contains stunning before-and-after photographs of the towers as they existed prior to and after their destruction. While the photos in the book are spectacular, and the text adds some depth to the book, compared to other WTC commemorative book, this one seems somewhat small and cheaply produced.
Rating: 3
Summary: GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, VERY SHORT BOOK
Comment: There are currently many books available on the World Trade Centers, both before and after the tragedy of September 11th. This one, with photographs by Rajs, has more than forty breath-taking shots, along with some very technical information in regard to the planes which crashed into the trade centers. It is a mixture of both past and present. The photography was the book's strong point.
On the downside, I found the book to be extremely short, and the technical aspect as far as construction of the trade centers and physical dimensions of aircraft, personally, did not interest me to any great extent. There is a tribute in print published by Life Magazine that, in my opinion, far surpasses this one. While "Sometime Lofty Towers" contains beautiful photography and interesting facts, if I personally was purchasing a book as a memorial or keepsake, I would opt for the one by Life Magazine. It truly is magnificent, as are most publications by Life.
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Title: World Trade Center: Tribute and Remembrance by CAROL HIGHSMITH, TED LANDPHAIR ISBN: 051722092X Publisher: Crescent Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The World Trade Center: A Tribute by Bill Harris ISBN: 0762413158 Publisher: Courage Books Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.98 |
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Title: The World Trade Center Remembered by Sonja Bullaty, Angelo Lomeo, Paul Goldberger ISBN: 0789207648 Publisher: Abbeville Press Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Twin Towers Remembered by Camilo Jose Vergara ISBN: 1568983514 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center by Angus Kress Gillespie ISBN: 0451206843 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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