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Source: New York Times

9/9/2021

Reconstructing an Urban Archive Lost on 9/11

The archives of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which held important information about the history of the region's politics and infrastructure, was housed in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Agency retirees have sent documents, pictures and artifacts to start rebuilidng the record.