The 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan … NYC
9/11 Memorial © Alice Joyce
… on the site where the World Trade Center Twin Towers once rose skyward.
Two vast pools now occupy the footprints of the two buildings.
NYC 9/11 Memorial © Alice Joyce
Architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker designed the memorial…
9/11 Memorial Detail © Alice Joyce
to incorporate thirty-foot waterfalls, cascading into pools that culminate in a central void.
9/11 Memorial Center Void © Alice Joyce
Bronze parapets outline the uppermost ledge of each pool. Here, inscriptions of the victims’ names can be seen.
9/11 Memorial Inscriptions © Alice Joyce
The reflection of One World Trade Center heightens the impact of the new Museum Pavilion’s glass facade.
Memorial Museum Reflection © Alice Joyce
One World Trade Center ~ the tallest building in the United States.
Powerful photos, Alice. Though I have been to NYC several times since 9/11 I have only been able to make the briefest of visits to the site, finding it overwhelming. A friend recently saw the new monument and thought much of it. Perhaps I will try to make another visit this year.
Thanks, Lesley.
It was crowded, b
ut entrances were timed to cut down on congestion once inside the monument.
I didn’t photograph the landscape itself because there were many people walking around.
The pools with their rushing water and sublime design comprise an achingly beautiful tribute to the victims.