September 11, 2013

Incredible Time-Lapse Captures the Rise of One World Trade Center, 2004-2013

This video, courtesy of EarthCam, highlights the progress at the World Trade Center site from October, 2004 to September, 2013.

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This video, courtesy of EarthCam, highlights the progress at the World Trade Center site from October, 2004 to September, 2013. The time-lapse video features hundreds of thousands of high definition images that were captured over the past 9 years.

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