In 1995 I started a project documenting areas around Manhattan. I concentrated on New Jersey and Staten Island but more particularly on places that still had a tie back to Manhattan – either through line of sight or via some of the iconic bridges leading to it.
Looking at the images now, ten years after 9/11, I am struck most by the ones featuring the World Trade Center.
![Jersey City, NJ. 1998. Click images to enlarge.](http://blog.jonroemer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1JR19637.jpg)
![Weehawken, NJ. 1995. Baseball diamond on top the Lincoln Tunnel.](http://blog.jonroemer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1JR19648.jpg)
![Staten Island, NY. 1997](http://blog.jonroemer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1JR19653.jpg)
![Newark, NJ. 1998](http://blog.jonroemer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1JR19657.jpg)