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305 meters, 101 years by
Tom Cash, on Flickr
On the left is the neo-Gothic style Woolworth Building which was completed in 1913.
On the right is the contemporary modern style Freedom Tower, AKA One World Trade Centre (1 WTC), which was completed 101 years later in 2014.
I took this photograph for two reasons: The first and most obvious reason is because of the juxtaposition between the two buildings in their style of architecture.
The second and more obscure reason is that this image almost doesn't look real despite there being virtually no editing.
I took this photograph on my telephoto from just outside the Brooklyn Bridge subway station in lower Manhattan and the perspective creates a very unusual picture for anyone that knows these two buildings.
For anyone that doesn't know or for anyone who hasn't seen these two buildings in real life; the Freedom Tower is 305 meters taller than the Woolworth building – over twice its height.
At 241 meters tall, the Woolworth Building was one of the original skyscrapers and is still one of the 20 tallest buildings in New York City. However, the recently completed 1 WTC is a staggering 546 meters tall and is the largest building in the Western Hemisphere.