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Old World Trade Center Brochure Is Heartbreakingly Prescient

By Hana R. Alberts

Thanks to McBrooklyn, this 1980s brochure for the World Trade Center resurfaced. The promotional text reads, "The closest some of us will ever get to heaven." It was, of course, referring to the height of the Twin Towers, which stood at around 1,360 feet apiece. But 13 years after 9/11, of course, those words mean so much more.
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