When is the September 11 Memorial in New York City scheduled to be completed?
In November 2003, a design called Reflecting Absence, by NYC Housing Authority architect Michael Arad, was selected as one of the finalists for the World Trade Center Memorial. His design featured two pools in the footprints of the WTC’s towers, with waterfalls cascading down their sides. In January 2004, the design, revised with landscape designer Peter Walker, was chosen as the winning design. Today, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the Memorial is slated to open on September 11, 2011, in time for the tenth anniversary. Approximately 80 percent of the structural steel for the memorial is already in place and about 20 percent of the concrete has been poured. Sources: http://gothamist.com/2009/09/11/michael_arad_architect_and_911_memo.
On the eighth anniversary of 9/11, New York remembers The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers changed the city profoundly. But for many New Yorkers, life has returned to normal. Reporter Ron Scherer remembers 9/11 and talks to CSMonitor.com’s Pat Murphy about what New York City has become in the eight years since that day. New York – As it has for the last seven years, New York remembers the 2,993 people killed in the terror attacks of 9/11 2001. First there is a moment of silence at 8:46, the time when the first jet slammed into the North Tower. Then, church bells toll throughout the city, an apt reminder of a day when many Americans went to houses of worship to pray. Forty-seven minutes later comes a second moment of silence for when the South Tower was struck. Names of the victims are read by family members and volunteers. Then the ceremony ends with taps, the haunting bugle call. “It’s goose-bump time for a lot of us; tears for others,” says Doug Muzzio, a professor a
World Trade Center Site Memorial Ceremony and Remembrance 2009 The official New York City observance of the anniversary of 9/11 will take place at the World Trade Center site on the morning of Friday, September 11, 2009. In honor of the new federal designation of September 11th as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, family members will read the names of all 2,752 victims aloud. Each family member will be paired with a volunteer from the five boroughs who will represent the spirit of compassion and giving that unified New York City in the weeks and months following the tragedy. As always, four moments of silence will be observed to commemorate the times when each plane hit and each tower fell. At sunset, the famous “Tribute in Light” will return to the skies above New York City for the night. Friday, September 11, 2009. 8:40 am – 12:30 pm. Zuccotti Park, Liberty Street between Broadway and Church Streets Call 212-442-8953 for more information September 11 Remembrance at Trinity C
