by CU Newswire | Sep 9, 2026 | Culture Pop!
by CU Newswire | Sep 9, 2026 | Style Life
“Maybe, not maybe.”
by CU Newswire | Sep 9, 2026 | Yesteryear
On September 11, 2001, commuters at the Queensboro Plaza elevated subway station in Queens, New York, had a direct, distant line of sight looking southwest down toward Lower Manhattan, where the World Trade Center towers were smoking after the terrorist attacks.
These rare photographs captured this specific vantage point, showing N and W train platforms with the burning towers framed in the background across the East River.
by CU Newswire | Sep 9, 2026 | Yesteryear
The 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton is one of the most striking and innovative American automobiles of the prewar era.
Designed by Gordon Buehrig, the Cord featured groundbreaking elements such as front-wheel drive, hidden headlights, and its distinctive “coffin-nose” styling. The Supercharged version was powered by a Lycoming V8 fitted with a Schwitzer-Cummins supercharger, producing around 170–190 horsepower and identifiable by its dramatic external exhaust pipes.
With its low, sleek profile and advanced engineering, the 812 Phaeton remains a rare and highly prized symbol of 1930s automotive design and Art Deco elegance. These stunning photos capture the bold design and timeless sophistication of the rare 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton, a true Art Deco classic.
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by CU Newswire | Sep 9, 2026 | Yesteryear
Before September 11, 2001, commercial airliners and civil aircraft regularly shared the skyline with the World Trade Center towers. Because Lower Manhattan sits in close proximity to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), aircraft banking over the Hudson and East Rivers were a standard visual feature of the New York metropolitan airspace throughout the late 20th century.
The Twin Towers stood at 1,368 feet (North Tower) and 1,362 feet (South Tower). Flights departing or approaching Newark and LaGuardia frequently traversed corridors over the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay, placing incoming and outgoing air traffic within clear visual range of Lower Manhattan.
During the design phase in the mid-1960s, lead structural engineer Leslie Robertson and the Port Authority designed the towers to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707, the largest commercial jetliner in service at the time, assuming a lost aircraft searching for a landing site in heavy fog.
Air France and British Airways Concordes flying in or out of JFK were frequently photographed climbing past the Manhattan skyline with the towers framed in the background. Local sightseeing helicopters, police aircraft, and small private planes operated routinely in the low-altitude Hudson River VFR (Visual Flight Rules) corridor adjacent to the complex.
Following the tragedy, airspace rules over Manhattan were permanently altered, heavily restricting low-altitude civilian flights over the city.
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