ho designed the World Trade Center, this description of an iconic photograph from the mid-1970s also provides a mini-history of NYC at that time.
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/nyc-and-fred-conrads-iconic-1977-photograph/
Billy Joel's song, "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out On Broadway)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IGAbJbykI&ab_channel=billyjoelVEVO
which came out at that time, was written from the perspective of someone who is supposedly looking back at that time from the year 2017 but, of course, by 2017, that song meant something complete