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Feeling New York
Artist Gerard Van der Leun will show his view of life in the city after 9/11
By Suzie Harrison
Coastline Pilot
February 20, 2004
He saw it happen firsthand. Later that day, with the sight forever burnt in his memory, he sat in front of his computer and posted his writings of what he experienced on Sept. 11, 2001. He wrote from his home in Brooklyn Heights, directly across from where the World Trade Center had been when he woke up that morning.
Now living in Laguna Beach, photographer Gerard Van der Leun will share his chronicles of experiencing towers' demise in an exhibit at Harlow's Fine Art. The show will open Feb. 29.