Before this last trip, the last time I was at the WTC site was in 2004. It was still just literally a hole in the ground and they hadn’t started building the Freedom Tower yet. On subsequent trips, I eventually got used to the palpable absence of the Twin Towers, so on this last trip, it almost felt like 1 WTC had been Photoshopped into Lower Manhattan’s skyline.

1 World Trade Center: A high-tech ride symbolizing New York’s resilience • 2015 May 28 • Los Angeles Times