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A Quarter Century On, the Twin Towers' Absence Still Shapes the Manhattan Skyline
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the Manhattan skyline remains defined as much by the absence of the Twin Towers as by the towers that once stood, according to an analysis from Bond University architecture scholar Elizabeth Musgrave. The destruction of the towers, which killed almost 3,000 people, prompted a swift response of memorials and new construction, but the skyline's enduring significance lies in its role as a repository of collective civic memory.