September 11th 2001 was almost exactly 30 years in the future when this picture was taken on a chilly morning on a street in Manhattan.

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We used to visit my grandmother a couple of times a year In New York. 

 This slide was taken by my father -- one of many featuring me in the foreground,  the World Trade Center buildings, behind. They got taller and more complete. My growth had sputtered and stopped by then, and was I was permanently stuck at the 5' I am today. My father was always amazed by the transformation of the Manhattan he knew as a child.  He also loved to take pictures of the same subjects over and over.  Especially construction sites and snow storms from the window of our apartment in Chicago.  Wish I could find the rest of these slides shot over a span of three to four years. They're in the basement somewhere......