Lower Manhattan, October, 1975. Two men squat below the recently constructed World Trade Center alon

Lower Manhattan, October, 1975. Two men squat below the recently constructed World Trade Center along the newly infilled Battery Park City. Days later, President Gerald Ford denied federal assistance to save NYC from bankruptcy, made famous by the October 30, 1975 Daily News front page headline: “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD.”

Jean-Pierre Laffont @jplaffont. (at World Trade Center)
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