The book also features stories of people who helped build the building, as well as survivors and families of those who did not survive. “It has been a long, strange journey since 9/11,” Woolhead says. “Since I was involved with construction on a ground level, there were many delays, but it’s great to see the masterplan come together. I didn’t realize it would take so long.”
Construction begins on the new One World Trade Center, a skyscraper that would symbolically stretch to a height of 1,776 feet.
Photo: Joe WoolheadThere are many intimate portraits of the workers who built the building ground up, and the book offers insight into their day-to-day work. “Being with the workers day in and day out, I felt like one of the crew,” Woolhead says. “It was great to document the work and they really appreciated it. They knew in the long run I was concentrating on the big picture, how the building was being built, and their work was going to be reflected in the photos I captured.”
The book also covers the untold story of the tower, its controversies, and delays. “So much was going on behind the scenes,” Raab says. “It’s not just about rebuilding the World Trade Center, but rebuilding anything of this magnitude, it’s negotiating a certain amount of political uncertainty. It’s why everything has taken so long.”
An aerial view of One World Trade Center (home to Condé Nast, the parent company of Architectural Digest).
Photo: Joe WoolheadIt’s part-reportage, part photo book. In its essence, it’s a story of hope. “Now, more than ever, there are moments in a country’s history that you feel turning points—or hope there may be a turning point,” Raab says. “But that only becomes reality if enough people pull together. It enables people to come back down to work and live.”
The book resonates with today too. “We’re seeing this with the pandemic, it’s uncertain, but how will it look, looking back?” he adds. “A communal, national effort to address something that feels like 9/11. It threatens us to the very heart of our national soul.”
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