Liberty and World Trade Center clearance " The Times wrote

" The Times wrote

000 spectators gathered in Times Square outside The New York Times building to receive updates

including one at the Smithsonian Institution that ran for 14 months

"Today did not oblige

Liberty and World Trade Center clearance " The Times wroteTimes staff photographer Fred R. Conrad took this picture of what were, at the time, two of New York's biggest attractions. To photograph the Statue of Liberty's torch between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Conrad found a vantage point on a dock near Caven Point, N. J. There, with a 300 millimeter lens in hand, he composed this image. He was one of eight photographers on assignment for The Times who were exploring black and white