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Memorial to 9/11 Victims Is Selected
Associated Press ^
| January 06, 2004
| Amy Westfeldt
Posted on 01/06/2004 1:53:18 PM PST by AntiGuv
NEW YORK - Two pools of water with pine trees and a paved stone field has been chosen as the design for the World Trade Center memorial, capping an eight-month international contest that drew more than 5,000 submissions, The Associated Press has learned.
"Reflecting Absence" created by city designer Michael Arad, was chosen by a 13-member jury of artists, architects, civic and cultural leaders after months of intense deliberation that culminated in a marathon 12-hour-long meeting this week.
The decision was to be announced publicly later Tuesday.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 911memorial; architecture; michaelarad; nyc; wtc; wtcmemorial
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To: AntiGuv
Are they going to put buildings in the square holes?
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:08:57 PM PST
by
Snowy
To: AntiGuv
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:10:44 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(When the countdown hits zero, something's gonna happen..)
To: areafiftyone
I just want the Twin Towers back....like they were before the planes hit that terrible morning.
That would be the most fitting memorial...
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:10:46 PM PST
by
Dog
To: Ronin
There are going to be buildings. There's going to be a new WTC complex AND this memorial.
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:11:40 PM PST
by
MattAMiller
(Saddam has been brought to justice in my name. How about yours?)
To: mlbford2
The holes are interesting, I like them...if they were in the actual "footprints" of the WTC. Are they?
BTW, and off-topic, what's the Mirage going to do without Siegfried & Roy?
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:12:26 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: AntiGuv; All
![](http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/ATTACKS_MEMORIAL.sff_NYR107_20040106143517.jpg)
Pedestrians walk on the eastern edge of the World Trade Center site Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004. The winning design for the World Trade Center memorial, part of the larger redevelopment at the 16-acre trade center site, was to be announced Tuesday, capping a contest that began eight months ago. At right is the entrance to the new Path Train station. (AP Photo/Zack Seckler)
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:12:46 PM PST
by
cpforlife.org
(The Missing Key of the Pro-Life Movement is at www.CpForLife.org)
To: rintense
If you look at the third image in my post #4, I believe the original concept design would have the names of the victims engraved on plaques atop that wall separating that you look out over and through the cascading water.
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:12:52 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(When the countdown hits zero, something's gonna happen..)
To: Shermy
BTW, and off-topic, what's the Mirage going to do without Siegfried & Roy?
I guess they'll have to increase the booze and hookers.
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:14:11 PM PST
by
mlbford2
To: finnman69
Oddly enough, I like it; but not because of a scintillating design or cleverness. Rather, I like it because it uses the brutal emptiness of the original towers demise, and turns it into a peaceful, contemplative space for families to view the final resting place of loved ones.
This in itself is victory; the attackers and their culture are erased, their destruction is rendered beautiful, and our America pauses for just a moment to reflect before continuing down the street to the next busy moment...
To: AnnaZ
Ugh. Indeed. To me, the whole thing lacks courage, defiance, resolve, bravado, mettle... basically the whole "F you bastards, we're not going to die at your fithy hands, get ready an ass-whippin'' so bad Mohammed himself and all his band of camel herders will feel it!" kind of attitude.
A giant clenched first raised into the air would do nicely.
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:15:56 PM PST
by
StoneColdGOP
(McClintock - In Your Heart, You Know He's Right)
To: mlbford2
Sounds good to me!
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:16:57 PM PST
by
rintense
To: Physicist
"The Toddler Motel"Bwahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:18:21 PM PST
by
TomServo
("She wouldn't have me on a silver platter." "How about on an air mattress slathered with butter?")
To: finnman69
What do you know about the designer ..??
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:18:36 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
(America is the greatest force for good on the planet ..!!)
To: AntiGuv
Wow. Just look at all that wasted, wasted, wasted space.
I don't ever want to hear another word about how much of a premium there is on real estate in Manhattan.
-Dan
To: mlbford2
Good ideas.
With the theme-aholic bent of the hotel industry, my idea is to dump the "family"-is theme, and remodel as "Old Vegas." Rat Pack, obvious-mobster types, old desert coots working together to relive the Las Vegas of old.
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:19:17 PM PST
by
Shermy
I like it.
To: Ronin
I disagree...this is one of the few memorials that recall the void/footprint of the towers so well and provide a tribute to the massive engineering triumph of them.
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:23:40 PM PST
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: CyberAnt
Here's from his bio page:
http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/fin7_bio.html Michael Arad, New York, NY
Statement
Illustrations & Models
Biography/Credits
Animation
Original Submission
Michael Arad
Michael Arad grew up in Israel, the United States and Mexico. He has been living in the U.S. since finishing his military service in the Israeli Defense Force in 1991. He received a BA from Dartmouth College, and a MA from Georgia Tech's College of Architecture. He moved to New York City in 1999 and worked as an architect at Kohn Pedersen Fox for three years. He recently joined the Design Department of the New York City Housing Authority and has been working on the design development of two police stations for the New York City Police Department. He lives in the East Village in New York City with his wife, Melanie Arad Fitzpatrick, and his newborn son, Nathaniel.
To: AntiGuv
A beautiful tribute to The Blood of Heroes is located at this site below. Have the sound and music on.
I've tried posting it to my FR web page, but have been unsuccessful.
http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
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posted on
01/06/2004 2:25:20 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Flux Capacitor
Wow. Just look at all that wasted, wasted, wasted space.
Just as Mohammed Atta evisioned it ...
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