The first destruction of Lower Manhattan

In 1967, over 60 acres of Lower Manhattan was demolished in an effort to regenerate the area and make way for, among other things, the World Trade Centre complex. American photojournalist, and recent winner of the Missouri Honor Medal, Danny Lyon went into the buildings to document their destruction from the inside with his series The Destruction of Lower Manhattan.

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