These installation views follow the layout of the exhibition, which generally moves back through time from the present day to September 11, 2001. After the introductory text and a super-graphic wall that presents summaries of the doubling of population and number of dwelling units, each featured building is the subject of a large case or photograph. These can be viewed online in Featured Buildings.

Before entering the main gallery, the north wall presents a prequel to our post-9/11 focus, based on the Museum's 2017 exhibition MILLENNIUM: Lower Manhattan in the 1990s.