Category: Twin Towers 9/11 Memorials
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NY- 9/11 Memorial Park
This was my first time visiting the Memorial Park at the new World Trade Center and I was really impressed with the positive use of space that allowed both reflection and peace, while being surrounded by the new life of a revived neighborhood.
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NY-World Trade Center May 2, 2011
It was a bittersweet day for me in New York. I was happy we got Osama Bin Laden but news of his death opened up the floodgates of memories from that awful time in New York. We move on again.
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NY- Firemen’s Memorial- Riverside Park
There is a memorial to firefighters who died on duty in Riverside Park that is home to one of the most moving September 11th remembrances. All of the names of the FDNY that were killed in the attack on the World Trade Center are read. It is a much more somber occasion without the media…
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NY- Saint Paul’s Chapel- 9/11 Survivor
St. Paul’s Chapel sits right next to where the Twin Towers stood and was miraculously not destroyed by the attack on the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001. During the clearing of the debris from the wreckage the church became a central meeting point where firefighters and rescue workers could find everything from food and…
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NY- Preparations for 9-11 Memorial
Preparations are being made for tomorrow’s 9/11 Memorial, the reading of the names of the victims at Ground Zero.
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NY- Huge American Flag at Ground Zero
This is definitely the largest flag I have seen. Draped over a building in preparation for tomorrows 9/11 memorial it is quite a sight to behold. God Bless America
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NY- Chambers Street Area
It is hard to believe that this is the same neighborhood that laid paralyzed after the horrific attack on 9/11/2001. Chambers Street, bounded by the West Side Highway on the west and City Hall Park on the east sat perilously close to the World Trade Center and was waylaid by the events of that Day.…
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NY-Ground Zero- Path and Subway Station at The World Trade Center
NY-Ground Zero- Path and Subway Station at The World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial
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NY- Tiles for America Memorial to 9/11/01- Greenwich Ave and 11th Street
‘Tiles For America website After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, contemporary ceramic studios across the USA joined together to offer a creative outlet to the people of our nation. Thousands of tiles, reflecting patriotism, heroes, courage, unity, poetry, and other positive themes arrived in NYC, and more continue to arrive. The “artists†represent…
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NY- Tiles for America Memorial to 9/11/01- Greenwich Ave and 11th Street
Tiles For America website After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, contemporary ceramic studios across the USA joined together to offer a creative outlet to the people of our nation. Thousands of tiles, reflecting patriotism, heroes, courage, unity, poetry, and other positive themes arrived in NYC, and more continue to arrive. The “artists†represent…
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NY- Tiles for America Memorial to 9/11/01- Greenwich Ave and 11th Street
Tiles For America website After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, contemporary ceramic studios across the USA joined together to offer a creative outlet to the people of our nation. Thousands of tiles, reflecting patriotism, heroes, courage, unity, poetry, and other positive themes arrived in NYC, and more continue to arrive. The “artists†represent…
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NY- Tiles for America Memorial to 9/11/01- Greenwich Ave and 11th Street
‘Tiles For America website After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, contemporary ceramic studios across the USA joined together to offer a creative outlet to the people of our nation. Thousands of tiles, reflecting patriotism, heroes, courage, unity, poetry, and other positive themes arrived in NYC, and more continue to arrive. The “artists†represent…