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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

WTC Progress 2

No commentary along the way. An afternoon walk around the World Trade Center and the things I encountered, May 2, 2010.
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I continued along the sky way  a few feet into the next building, and a cruise ship passed by the window.
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If you want to see a post from November, 2010, about the WTC Progress, click here.

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