Blood Concept. Four New Unisex Fragrances Based On Blood Types.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZ2RQPz5T-BUZd-in9z7Y6vDk3X6e2kPBrlwVSXQfbX7vG28akJwJwoMkxjCFZNuYxh0ickTiFmbMl4cPaSbPAn6BFhiR7dy0Apg17NfsXFXGSMWNHo2MMIzXc8GZrOmfRMNh5MoNCI_d/s1600/blood+count+perfume.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658663118681197538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZ2RQPz5T-BUZd-in9z7Y6vDk3X6e2kPBrlwVSXQfbX7vG28akJwJwoMkxjCFZNuYxh0ickTiFmbMl4cPaSbPAn6BFhiR7dy0Apg17NfsXFXGSMWNHo2MMIzXc8GZrOmfRMNh5MoNCI_d/s400/blood+count+perfume.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 366px;" /></a><br /><br />Founded in Italy by Giovanni Castelli and Antonio Zuddas (shown below), Blood Concept is a collection of four different fragrances dictated by blood types.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xKcvoE2ZKt4ggBA8J9HGwyxOPryXuv_dMqhvaXP4yHuJ1it1Ghp3-9A3hr3p1g6SRWRvMbzW6pGPXSpEy7ARf_t6xXjZq_LEr7b6HdS-Cx8R2G4SQOrqfHofNxIQcMPpwGuluLbpl27l/s1600/268398_251560038202995_205385622820437_999399_5405306_n.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658661262114532674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xKcvoE2ZKt4ggBA8J9HGwyxOPryXuv_dMqhvaXP4yHuJ1it1Ghp3-9A3hr3p1g6SRWRvMbzW6pGPXSpEy7ARf_t6xXjZq_LEr7b6HdS-Cx8R2G4SQOrqfHofNxIQcMPpwGuluLbpl27l/s400/268398_251560038202995_205385622820437_999399_5405306_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 527px;" /></a><br /><br />The website says <span style="font-style: italic;">"Filled with legends and meanings, blood is soaked with mystery‚ fascination and respect. it’s the most tested and studied part of human body and it guards a multitude of secrets that reveals our inner and unique way of being.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />BLOOD CONCEPT is a private celebration of the vivid and fascinating liquid that flows in our veins. Because blood is actually the river of life.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">A, B, AB and 0, retrace the evolution of manhood through time and its record of information, history and mutation, so well kept in the vital flushing of blood.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />BLOOD CONCEPT is a mystic ritual with no flowers to be found: deep as primeval Africa in 0‚ aromatic as the scent of familiar land in A, bold as unpredictable itineraries in B, bold and sharp as a metropolitan skyline in AB.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Ending each time with the same subtle and mysterious note: a metallic vague suspicion."</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZE9uB8rH4RaKZI0CqzgOfqw9uDsEb-PNO7E1a7mnTikiSSVAyFHHBcfpFZ7C3YV2jjhFzOjdsNhfegnLnhgDMyvqwLsAHcn3teVnEbjyAxcazm3N5BXWLADTlVXlrjco4L3u9E9wPGhkm/s1600/vials+and+bottles.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658660902174400226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZE9uB8rH4RaKZI0CqzgOfqw9uDsEb-PNO7E1a7mnTikiSSVAyFHHBcfpFZ7C3YV2jjhFzOjdsNhfegnLnhgDMyvqwLsAHcn3teVnEbjyAxcazm3N5BXWLADTlVXlrjco4L3u9E9wPGhkm/s400/vials+and+bottles.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 672px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAkBT0AydWlLFK7TVrX561Y0wwVHAyu5VeHIG0BeUqcuRvs0twTOwW3bWaIUA99nPfOoxBejKNanUzGQEt7eAavJk3w8_leIPumzfy183MQsaof9EPMg15l4hSu8B99jCXVGhy4D6j8AU/s1600/340085_283255338366798_205385622820437_1122042_42498686_o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658664011936114786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAkBT0AydWlLFK7TVrX561Y0wwVHAyu5VeHIG0BeUqcuRvs0twTOwW3bWaIUA99nPfOoxBejKNanUzGQEt7eAavJk3w8_leIPumzfy183MQsaof9EPMg15l4hSu8B99jCXVGhy4D6j8AU/s400/340085_283255338366798_205385622820437_1122042_42498686_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 379px;" /></a><br /><br />Each of the four unisex scents are described below and available in either a 40ml dropper or 60ml spray. The fabulous individual packaging shown below was designed by <a href="http://www.2pfg.com/">2PFG </a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Type O:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4It1I_EWcq505gJmVzCsZPzhyphenhyphenWIh8pvjo88B-rtBDcTBTBW3Hq6fUcsvglgWOOhwFOR0jDMVvX2ieFmLPbRHMhAyyBwiHKW_Z6P3LRRSilJHrZYQO27D7ZJ8JE38zobYJHzuxcFfnc6qX/s1600/fragrance_0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658661045355666754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4It1I_EWcq505gJmVzCsZPzhyphenhyphenWIh8pvjo88B-rtBDcTBTBW3Hq6fUcsvglgWOOhwFOR0jDMVvX2ieFmLPbRHMhAyyBwiHKW_Z6P3LRRSilJHrZYQO27D7ZJ8JE38zobYJHzuxcFfnc6qX/s400/fragrance_0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 676px;" /></a><br />Visceral and Intense. From the depths of the earth. Carnal and Primitive.<br />The packaging:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aF39l9_k2-Wmoeg96tCfZIW_-02nDjjofVzVgbNtEQnIVAXB4Faip3RFy2yl2xY4wrQkmzdx1duqFglAGg5vZZwuu0jUMq5iqSV_sKKWkqiUphHnoDmH2_N00T7Y5oG6GASc2s49Gici/s1600/Type+O+packaging.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658660976309157890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aF39l9_k2-Wmoeg96tCfZIW_-02nDjjofVzVgbNtEQnIVAXB4Faip3RFy2yl2xY4wrQkmzdx1duqFglAGg5vZZwuu0jUMq5iqSV_sKKWkqiUphHnoDmH2_N00T7Y5oG6GASc2s49Gici/s400/Type+O+packaging.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 370px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Type A:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1OOrlQgvZXWUD8_O5M6-44w24OQw2wd19-YyWVuyBMHnyLPDUdHoYkitkpyVew1hjR00LRoZdVCptT_1jcwV0-GUzkSDY807YtQaIWcy1DPSwF24SnfNeQMxSNz4sB64MO52-yk5TsdS/s1600/fragrance_A.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658661694942610226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1OOrlQgvZXWUD8_O5M6-44w24OQw2wd19-YyWVuyBMHnyLPDUdHoYkitkpyVew1hjR00LRoZdVCptT_1jcwV0-GUzkSDY807YtQaIWcy1DPSwF24SnfNeQMxSNz4sB64MO52-yk5TsdS/s400/fragrance_A.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 677px;" /></a><br />Green and aromatic. A symbiotic relationship with nature. Reassuring and clean.<br />The packaging:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSxYzRbETdB-kI7TEn1X0BOfPVToGMYY_dEMlKECVgNziWo18FiBbLx8UUJOKrNV2g6ajS3uK9Uy5UZvuOhuoJdqtXrtIhpOqTtkyXvckLc972y5DHbC6stsA4qNweOBEmq13GM6_KVn5/s1600/Type+A+packaging.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658661556009641298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSxYzRbETdB-kI7TEn1X0BOfPVToGMYY_dEMlKECVgNziWo18FiBbLx8UUJOKrNV2g6ajS3uK9Uy5UZvuOhuoJdqtXrtIhpOqTtkyXvckLc972y5DHbC6stsA4qNweOBEmq13GM6_KVn5/s400/Type+A+packaging.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 371px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Type B:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-HjMNxP0xJTE1uDfpB29thM_uDAZ0g1h3LrFqOO4axme_Y9HL13hpMq3Tqb4Frj5VsSpY9YXO55BhtgEqbk-DFhJSU3SIGbKfrlGZvtW9Z75OQ6v0Du8YCn3a1lEjpi2VbSfX0f_FpYs/s1600/fragrance_B.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658662247838986354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-HjMNxP0xJTE1uDfpB29thM_uDAZ0g1h3LrFqOO4axme_Y9HL13hpMq3Tqb4Frj5VsSpY9YXO55BhtgEqbk-DFhJSU3SIGbKfrlGZvtW9Z75OQ6v0Du8YCn3a1lEjpi2VbSfX0f_FpYs/s400/fragrance_B.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 676px;" /></a><br />Woody and spicy. A Brave Traveler and keen to discover the unknown. Nomadic and eclectic.<br />The Packaging:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZiZwsEx6sVyM133cqgUiFbJTQ-tXJHN3akSEjmFvZPvx2TypBw7_zPFilxXGvstvUD3qkex2yMXscwfuO2oJwGud5G_rM46ZEI8w5vApgY1yHr0isr42MAam73bmR82lAzvIHMEtqykO/s1600/Type+B+packaging.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658662139714931506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZiZwsEx6sVyM133cqgUiFbJTQ-tXJHN3akSEjmFvZPvx2TypBw7_zPFilxXGvstvUD3qkex2yMXscwfuO2oJwGud5G_rM46ZEI8w5vApgY1yHr0isr42MAam73bmR82lAzvIHMEtqykO/s400/Type+B+packaging.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 372px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Type AB:</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaLgIpcL6NiEEmy1hKffSOHSYyQSwH499FbQZonLfVz55nIRZmVQ8g5omtcBNh8Adv_r_ibJimOvbyPqMjfy8oXZuT2AP6-rGEVg06RHirxUw3qgR1IIRVyRTPyoNYP04ygIAmVvv1cjl/s1600/fragrance_AB.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658662614314454914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaLgIpcL6NiEEmy1hKffSOHSYyQSwH499FbQZonLfVz55nIRZmVQ8g5omtcBNh8Adv_r_ibJimOvbyPqMjfy8oXZuT2AP6-rGEVg06RHirxUw3qgR1IIRVyRTPyoNYP04ygIAmVvv1cjl/s400/fragrance_AB.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 679px;" /></a><br /><br />Synthetic and individualist. A loner chemist stumbling upon. Unavoidable changes. Uninhibited and visionary. The packaging:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTcCJAkBP9fZO2sDZWGV4ijFku7tJh7LtrttL7-dqPbvyZfSns-cFYLdC4FdgbIWk4ndkmwTGnbvGFYwLvjmIvbqhO_0sgEyGX1CxTyJ7oZFBO2uhC0laQQValENPIKpe6sWBYOn0W95E/s1600/Type+AB+packaging.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658662535558336418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTcCJAkBP9fZO2sDZWGV4ijFku7tJh7LtrttL7-dqPbvyZfSns-cFYLdC4FdgbIWk4ndkmwTGnbvGFYwLvjmIvbqhO_0sgEyGX1CxTyJ7oZFBO2uhC0laQQValENPIKpe6sWBYOn0W95E/s400/Type+AB+packaging.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 374px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/category/550/section/1/page/1/brand/BLOOD_Concept.html">Buy Blood Concept fragrances here at Lucky Scent<br /></a>

Blood Concept. Four New Unisex Fragrances Based On Blood Types.

Founded in Italy by Giovanni Castelli and Antonio Zuddas (shown below), Blood Concept is a collection of four different fragrances dictated ...

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UPDATED: A Look At the 9/11 Memorial, Museum and Monument Designs at Ground Zero.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaVt6q6TZgTrtixI3zva_HGhlDvSgC164Nc0rO1CcipCaHK29eP90suTXRaeAeYDkjIvJsTdc97JMZCCQe0HHnEKm1HbJ3oR6R0-HrePXZeIyC-1z1CMQ36ITAW_7l6pAVbYUBpJC5FRR/s1600/reflecting+pool+at+9%253A11+ground+zero.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651198216775114738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaVt6q6TZgTrtixI3zva_HGhlDvSgC164Nc0rO1CcipCaHK29eP90suTXRaeAeYDkjIvJsTdc97JMZCCQe0HHnEKm1HbJ3oR6R0-HrePXZeIyC-1z1CMQ36ITAW_7l6pAVbYUBpJC5FRR/s400/reflecting+pool+at+9%253A11+ground+zero.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 343px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTznOncut9-B5OPb0Z_rqFu1RJob2NIyXZ7YB3a5NKsHS9bcmKSrdc7dv1r5KbrVQOB_5smk95vNGjcIEeOlnteXBOC58xH5D58AStf_LB8VIXBsfrvRI-3K8e37rKTSnkanH8nx3dJahU/s1600/aerial+rendering+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651086019784385090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTznOncut9-B5OPb0Z_rqFu1RJob2NIyXZ7YB3a5NKsHS9bcmKSrdc7dv1r5KbrVQOB_5smk95vNGjcIEeOlnteXBOC58xH5D58AStf_LB8VIXBsfrvRI-3K8e37rKTSnkanH8nx3dJahU/s400/aerial+rendering+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: aerial view rendering of the 9/11 Memorial</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJswZYuheqhVyXoTPFJ3jWweWz7DGtL9Eue8U8Uu4EcgZlpVnHwYjjaSErxdPVsI37a6w5JZFz0Ui_wmLmw1ra1fbEFNFMMxATeXlgh_4OXaU8s8dflQ-yBzeV3rJ3OIO0C0Q2QQVgGWAj/s1600/pool615x380.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651080460931914034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJswZYuheqhVyXoTPFJ3jWweWz7DGtL9Eue8U8Uu4EcgZlpVnHwYjjaSErxdPVsI37a6w5JZFz0Ui_wmLmw1ra1fbEFNFMMxATeXlgh_4OXaU8s8dflQ-yBzeV3rJ3OIO0C0Q2QQVgGWAj/s400/pool615x380.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 542px; height: 333px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: one of the two 9/11 Memorial bronze name-etched reflecting pools in the foreground and the 9/11 Museum Pavilion entry in the background</span></span><br /><br />Today, on the 10th anniversary of the tragic terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers' twin towers and the Pentagon, there will be several memorials taking place as we honor the victims with moments of silence and reflection.<br /><br />Below, President Obama, President Bush and their wives visit the Reflections of Absence this morning:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvZypUldJ29gc4g8YHxgrqjtj2PAYLyl6IF9IZEQOkMRWJCeS9bR8dzl5AgH-yzrtD2_JZE3C4EWGG-869bTKSwT3otv8YM1MogtADxGbHmkcEu7T80XbgDahs2ZdjRgBF8VQIV1q81Ib/s1600/obama+and+bush+at+memorial.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651187905658959250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvZypUldJ29gc4g8YHxgrqjtj2PAYLyl6IF9IZEQOkMRWJCeS9bR8dzl5AgH-yzrtD2_JZE3C4EWGG-869bTKSwT3otv8YM1MogtADxGbHmkcEu7T80XbgDahs2ZdjRgBF8VQIV1q81Ib/s400/obama+and+bush+at+memorial.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M55xfcZoXiFip15YMXNTCgsPmxL2doJ7v-y8sOnX0b2Nv8L7uwkCh0YM0YSPXQaNFttY50doY7P0ZpmnX86UG_mg6DJ_HbomC8EvEDKgj1NUi1QtqLxqGPtDwVUDd5GcrjNoHI319lDu/s1600/911-47.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651194131623339586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M55xfcZoXiFip15YMXNTCgsPmxL2doJ7v-y8sOnX0b2Nv8L7uwkCh0YM0YSPXQaNFttY50doY7P0ZpmnX86UG_mg6DJ_HbomC8EvEDKgj1NUi1QtqLxqGPtDwVUDd5GcrjNoHI319lDu/s400/911-47.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 348px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above </span><span style="opacity: 1; font-style: italic;" class="image-caption current">photo by Robert Deutsch-Pool/Getty Images</span></span><br /><br />The 9/11 Memorial will be dedicated on September 11, 2011 (today) in a special ceremony for victims’ families. Therefore, it is fitting that today I share with you photos, renderings, images and information about the 9/11 Memorial; its monuments, plaza and museum at the site of Ground Zero.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B6qzL9ejVQ-lfDXkeXVZQUlxMKppi4qL0iet63sH16Uljug1iOsVuCP2joW5Sb7uOVLV2lja-wyzy3ihWIiwbq_9H7ePpIFKoecLOGSvz3IraFYZwnN7l5GB5OI33PaJekE3d-fbvAr-/s1600/911-23.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651194032979460370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5B6qzL9ejVQ-lfDXkeXVZQUlxMKppi4qL0iet63sH16Uljug1iOsVuCP2joW5Sb7uOVLV2lja-wyzy3ihWIiwbq_9H7ePpIFKoecLOGSvz3IraFYZwnN7l5GB5OI33PaJekE3d-fbvAr-/s400/911-23.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 354px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above </span><span style="opacity: 1; font-style: italic;" class="image-caption current">photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFM0JzdJ1IaQaqqKCJ5BEYfvtcGtV8LpmYOTHn34mr0rqqu_DgA8r6D9IqPWccakOoxTnIhl_P0e2jxrVIeKY3s0rEFYQ3zUWj8ree2cd1hyyQohKA9tDSI1go7bnTCpzrGwHCgnhWfxM/s1600/911-25.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651193959738495346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFM0JzdJ1IaQaqqKCJ5BEYfvtcGtV8LpmYOTHn34mr0rqqu_DgA8r6D9IqPWccakOoxTnIhl_P0e2jxrVIeKY3s0rEFYQ3zUWj8ree2cd1hyyQohKA9tDSI1go7bnTCpzrGwHCgnhWfxM/s400/911-25.sJPG_900_540_0_95_1_50_50.sJPG.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 334px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above photo </span><span style="opacity: 1; font-style: italic;" class="image-caption current">AFP PHOTO/POOL/Justin Lane</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflecting Absence</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEIf6l6EB8fv_wy2etlmweyrRDjFEUBc8pOTsc44jadLQMxWrBc31CoqharWgsI1OhrdL88hnfTroVGBr2620T_wJNr3nuVmechf-DXUb7E3MA_XQqtEIqhVZWv7UxCTnVksilXxGMgM_/s1600/National+9.11+Memorial+July+2011+-+Credit+Joe+Woolhead+%252818%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651103053689208978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEIf6l6EB8fv_wy2etlmweyrRDjFEUBc8pOTsc44jadLQMxWrBc31CoqharWgsI1OhrdL88hnfTroVGBr2620T_wJNr3nuVmechf-DXUb7E3MA_XQqtEIqhVZWv7UxCTnVksilXxGMgM_/s400/National+9.11+Memorial+July+2011+-+Credit+Joe+Woolhead+%252818%2529.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 542px; height: 219px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6mRir3vyP6MT1y5WGw_XI6qxyl0ySj_4Ca2lMlz1wsefefGiSoHZToG0ifd0GWFVQkMtZREvLy9Jy1vsqG7lYa9OobsSUwS0m1LMhI7-MHoWoBd52aZAamEvI6XSHL_9apasC2Ix9-Rx/s1600/911+memorial+image.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651066012428623394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6mRir3vyP6MT1y5WGw_XI6qxyl0ySj_4Ca2lMlz1wsefefGiSoHZToG0ifd0GWFVQkMtZREvLy9Jy1vsqG7lYa9OobsSUwS0m1LMhI7-MHoWoBd52aZAamEvI6XSHL_9apasC2Ix9-Rx/s400/911+memorial+image.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 217px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLBTpC0Xf2H2t6zD-bLwuL7hyphenhypheneufr5w_Upl3ET2x9EL6R-a19_8Ha9VuB25-7VL3vFXxOjy9FLdn2In4ilcQdFYI5OGJa8VwhBm6ysCnVMsvSp_CztEd5xQsCWTtDlnwgYaPGE5MJAb12/s1600/Water+Falls+in+the+Memorial+North+Pool+%2528credit+Joe+Woolhead%2529_0.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651064755002902802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLBTpC0Xf2H2t6zD-bLwuL7hyphenhypheneufr5w_Upl3ET2x9EL6R-a19_8Ha9VuB25-7VL3vFXxOjy9FLdn2In4ilcQdFYI5OGJa8VwhBm6ysCnVMsvSp_CztEd5xQsCWTtDlnwgYaPGE5MJAb12/s400/Water+Falls+in+the+Memorial+North+Pool+%2528credit+Joe+Woolhead%2529_0.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 296px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Water Falls in the Memorial North Pool (Photo by Joe Woolhead)<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 9/11 Memorial by </span><a href="http://www.handelarchitects.com/people/partners/michael-arad.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael Arad</span></a> (formally named "Reflecting Absence") is located at the site of the former World Trade Center complex, and occupies approximately half of the 16-acre site. The memorial features two enormous waterfalls and reflecting pools, each about an acre in size, set within the footprints of the original twin towers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7uExkPS4UhGIbRmgnZkmmq1k4M3-X_I5h8K_wsr_YH7Z2KdBOP0aJsN7nMV36Q97saqBgZ3Wm0B8gqipUqsk-SfPqvGtTD2uqW31Pl2xpYkr6xEI5FjkgDXDbpcj0L78biMj1o-POE3E/s1600/911+memorail+aerial.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651066119531995986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7uExkPS4UhGIbRmgnZkmmq1k4M3-X_I5h8K_wsr_YH7Z2KdBOP0aJsN7nMV36Q97saqBgZ3Wm0B8gqipUqsk-SfPqvGtTD2uqW31Pl2xpYkr6xEI5FjkgDXDbpcj0L78biMj1o-POE3E/s400/911+memorail+aerial.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 540px; height: 218px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XLMV_xaczKSKVc7GU7yumoDkwJqFaUBn1VyrLvAO1Lk1sEryknsXIBoc-sOEc-bPtdNETGxPEYt1D4uDnwyEVmIamFpx_V4eAZd5Wo9ZSMzCz8fPUoQLvVahRu1Dgb6o0cv_j7mrk3U0/s1600/one-reflecting-pool-cu.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651185452170109682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XLMV_xaczKSKVc7GU7yumoDkwJqFaUBn1VyrLvAO1Lk1sEryknsXIBoc-sOEc-bPtdNETGxPEYt1D4uDnwyEVmIamFpx_V4eAZd5Wo9ZSMzCz8fPUoQLvVahRu1Dgb6o0cv_j7mrk3U0/s400/one-reflecting-pool-cu.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 406px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: an aerial renderings of 9/11 Memorial Plaza and site</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DM9BNp-33xxm8oQZBidC1BpaOpOtlIXDtP93XKrPesIqMi04upyEq-q1uSpFfR0TqCJUUu8bHAn0_34RBMN7GY-MW8ktBV6TTmOTRW3Kv_efl4WuH389LfAKoICPVZwxB9T4tJ7B7sgD/s1600/9%253A11+memorial+cross-section640x304.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651178930893613778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DM9BNp-33xxm8oQZBidC1BpaOpOtlIXDtP93XKrPesIqMi04upyEq-q1uSpFfR0TqCJUUu8bHAn0_34RBMN7GY-MW8ktBV6TTmOTRW3Kv_efl4WuH389LfAKoICPVZwxB9T4tJ7B7sgD/s400/9%253A11+memorial+cross-section640x304.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 219px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuxwjVRe4DGJxJhzvtxE96xTmOD3LWMDmRQQyhPW9giImU6OXI1caS9hLi3HGWtX03ecajUwE-vIycpRCD7rHHUYTMbiqE9git5sNgm7huOYZavU4h9rp9xZdFtFKb_ZPrDBaS21p49tr/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-11+at+12.02.13+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651179505722559234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuxwjVRe4DGJxJhzvtxE96xTmOD3LWMDmRQQyhPW9giImU6OXI1caS9hLi3HGWtX03ecajUwE-vIycpRCD7rHHUYTMbiqE9git5sNgm7huOYZavU4h9rp9xZdFtFKb_ZPrDBaS21p49tr/s400/Screen+shot+2011-09-11+at+12.02.13+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 487px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a cross-section of the Memorial Plaza and the Museum Pavilion and interior</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Pcv7wKiOuJkk1rqqVRlobDaYDoLHixFzDLrU55jR7OLs4XVaxSUdyrnOXCWU1xMLgR7fAvqPaWtr-zNrAlCNvt92x6OrjwFlmYkuCc3aeh9Ah95c1BgsNFDQhZP48EKoUh-8UBprrF-X/s1600/A+Rendering+of+the+Bronze+Names+Parapets_0.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651064565242684386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Pcv7wKiOuJkk1rqqVRlobDaYDoLHixFzDLrU55jR7OLs4XVaxSUdyrnOXCWU1xMLgR7fAvqPaWtr-zNrAlCNvt92x6OrjwFlmYkuCc3aeh9Ah95c1BgsNFDQhZP48EKoUh-8UBprrF-X/s400/A+Rendering+of+the+Bronze+Names+Parapets_0.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 551px; height: 222px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above and below: rendering of the Bronze Names Parapets</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLOOceSWoJ1bdulNaTCy-Eb1LDEHrWmlP770RsWARnmpcoQI_m2ULSkD5WfdIyopq_nYeWDffXzQH5w8ZnlU9GE91rx5H4inS8BRk3fLD5QsjX0iIp6VzzL5MkxmlYnuv93eYxlWlI1YH/s1600/Memorial+Names+Parapet+Day_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab+%25282%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651085274942253138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLOOceSWoJ1bdulNaTCy-Eb1LDEHrWmlP770RsWARnmpcoQI_m2ULSkD5WfdIyopq_nYeWDffXzQH5w8ZnlU9GE91rx5H4inS8BRk3fLD5QsjX0iIp6VzzL5MkxmlYnuv93eYxlWlI1YH/s400/Memorial+Names+Parapet+Day_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab+%25282%2529.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 544px; height: 301px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SZHM5YuBgzOOncsE3mLgvn2SgwMqxethxfuOKmM2EqtfwNDvU6WH-pu_dkc5hcNvY7wTevDE-Ar5IdHgBma9iDx2COD4nc6Ga1fzY6DsbHw29dwgyTPyfXBEhrczztHUOqMBVK0Yw3QL/s1600/Aerial+View+of+Memorial+at+Night.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651070661135036706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SZHM5YuBgzOOncsE3mLgvn2SgwMqxethxfuOKmM2EqtfwNDvU6WH-pu_dkc5hcNvY7wTevDE-Ar5IdHgBma9iDx2COD4nc6Ga1fzY6DsbHw29dwgyTPyfXBEhrczztHUOqMBVK0Yw3QL/s400/Aerial+View+of+Memorial+at+Night.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 547px; height: 220px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a birdseye view of the 911 Memorial Monuments at night<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 2,983 names </span></span><br />The 2,983 names of the men, women, and children killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993, are inscribed into bronze parapets surrounding the twin Memorial pools, located in the footprints of the Twin Towers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHI85DXUY06Nthngp2cjWt2AFk8wwcXugNm1uAI_7LFnWD-KAbrRGt7RFMuTRj6RKWJNHZbXurL69M-dloQgGzTbO5CvqOmz-F1HZIUm3OR6yIM47kTbwzrCpcYaa1_O-uVWabnxzxIoi/s1600/about_page_0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651064963012794082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHI85DXUY06Nthngp2cjWt2AFk8wwcXugNm1uAI_7LFnWD-KAbrRGt7RFMuTRj6RKWJNHZbXurL69M-dloQgGzTbO5CvqOmz-F1HZIUm3OR6yIM47kTbwzrCpcYaa1_O-uVWabnxzxIoi/s400/about_page_0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 541px; height: 193px;" /></a><br /><br />Every name has a code containing N for North Pool or S for South Pool, followed by a panel number that locates it on one of the Memorial Pools.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMb0VOP5l5hevZeDBFYq4GA79Z9eieYL_TsAUwjGiMne-UvXU2EQw26rdHtLK5UkrrqEPqbDjtZwxpzfVwa-pLNAYwACJrWOro2psBOlyk2K4mz0LaDwx7Q78CKOLJj-EKXwhGC6xZa6jW/s1600/about_page_1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651065102465497266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMb0VOP5l5hevZeDBFYq4GA79Z9eieYL_TsAUwjGiMne-UvXU2EQw26rdHtLK5UkrrqEPqbDjtZwxpzfVwa-pLNAYwACJrWOro2psBOlyk2K4mz0LaDwx7Q78CKOLJj-EKXwhGC6xZa6jW/s400/about_page_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 545px; height: 196px;" /></a><br /><br />Names are placed within nine primary groups.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQfkcjgLRXHQyWZyVTa9ZfX0ykQO_LugrgQKT3mj8WU7haiXNGsbM51BITacUb9tbnDhhv0N6Usqly8Lb5ods1Ty2H8KbSJkLQdKKz0e03KjkufqXaEhB1rQwRxfl5xKHVY7JUsFe1oAI/s1600/memorial+guide.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651078029718947666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQfkcjgLRXHQyWZyVTa9ZfX0ykQO_LugrgQKT3mj8WU7haiXNGsbM51BITacUb9tbnDhhv0N6Usqly8Lb5ods1Ty2H8KbSJkLQdKKz0e03KjkufqXaEhB1rQwRxfl5xKHVY7JUsFe1oAI/s400/memorial+guide.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 281px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Around the North Pool:</span><br />World Trade Center North<br />Flight 11<br />February 26, 1993<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Around the South Pool:</span><br />World Trade Center South<br />First Responders<br />Flight 175<br />Pentagon<br />Flight 77<br />Flight 93<br /><br />Requested adjacencies within these groups:<br />Names are arranged by affiliation, so that the employees of a company or the crew of a flight are together. The next-of-kin of the victims and surviving colleagues made additional requests for specific names to be inscribed next to one another. Some requests were between relatives and friends; others were between people who had just met, but who responded together as events unfolded.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzISuv-TmCwRDnKn47W0vTuF96f963O2ZxTOoolqbqUWBXUkqCW-FSvOdA6Gpsq19-2q1dbG3Atl4MJZUIvS4Rr0PQLSFPJihq0eyqAVM1CluyWkMbI1KuFXnTHggyXAQ28rOWXv8up8pp/s1600/911+memorial_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651065618235428946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzISuv-TmCwRDnKn47W0vTuF96f963O2ZxTOoolqbqUWBXUkqCW-FSvOdA6Gpsq19-2q1dbG3Atl4MJZUIvS4Rr0PQLSFPJihq0eyqAVM1CluyWkMbI1KuFXnTHggyXAQ28rOWXv8up8pp/s400/911+memorial_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 192px;" /></a><br /><br />This design allows the names of family, friends, and colleagues to be together, as they lived and died. The requested adjacencies reflected on the Memorial make it unique from any other in existence.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmpmlAND6uq6UtJ81whXWO6z6qodyaX8S53BmJ3535q9DJFjLFK_5o-Kv5HjoWvn9IMHTAV-SgMT8B7OSwBWjkeCYANXDg5snD8RSM3sW4QM9zU4tnYB1U1CMAvs6otnQTU1gMYcTOKGP/s1600/memorial_hall_06-06.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651180845179890386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmpmlAND6uq6UtJ81whXWO6z6qodyaX8S53BmJ3535q9DJFjLFK_5o-Kv5HjoWvn9IMHTAV-SgMT8B7OSwBWjkeCYANXDg5snD8RSM3sW4QM9zU4tnYB1U1CMAvs6otnQTU1gMYcTOKGP/s400/memorial_hall_06-06.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 392px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: rendering of interior of the Memorial Hall, a view of the reflecting pools from beneath</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://names.911memorial.org/" style="font-weight: bold;">You can search for a name on the memorial here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Memorial Plaza by Peter Walker and Partners</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvaHIo39qu70W-clq3c094ySgGq0gF0e5seZuExQqA7ar0QYK6veEqQAGLypqYn7Wz6855m7ZSIvyfAkTQ-rWe4WSiQnzZVQAkNb_QeYSz3asqgkVc1tg3N8yWCOtoCLmPLJHgVaY0Wie/s1600/may2011.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651074138205433394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvaHIo39qu70W-clq3c094ySgGq0gF0e5seZuExQqA7ar0QYK6veEqQAGLypqYn7Wz6855m7ZSIvyfAkTQ-rWe4WSiQnzZVQAkNb_QeYSz3asqgkVc1tg3N8yWCOtoCLmPLJHgVaY0Wie/s400/may2011.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 539px; height: 265px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:85%;" >above: With its grove of trees, the Memorial’s plaza is an actual green roof for the structure housing the 9/11 Memorial Museum (May 2011, Photo by Joe Woolhead).</span><br /><br />The landscape architecture of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Memorial Plaza</span> was designed by <a href="http://www.pwpla.com/">Peter Walker and Partners</a> of Berkeley, CA. and is one of the most sustainable, green plazas ever constructed. Its irrigation, storm water and pest management systems will conserve energy, water and other resources.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODm6yzcro6XyScM0WP4JyOCk1vabGiyxxNUAP0nvWivIoNOAiGye3NgLMgx_VVAvIbclt5xg49-BT17jWdviDdWgUU0lkltXANXUYj__OvOZUmAqKCHl3zsJPDRD_XZvXl_XemLp0YTep/s1600/Memorial+Plaza.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651088019291943586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODm6yzcro6XyScM0WP4JyOCk1vabGiyxxNUAP0nvWivIoNOAiGye3NgLMgx_VVAvIbclt5xg49-BT17jWdviDdWgUU0lkltXANXUYj__OvOZUmAqKCHl3zsJPDRD_XZvXl_XemLp0YTep/s400/Memorial+Plaza.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 297px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjWU9i1kDxZMKXSH2_lWfFjU-s3aSG-orOr-8e3CZWtTeJKURPtbuHTM5nq-IOcFHcqLaKihGND9EaYiXDs_4aOEfQTdBpuKA3djpoHxiW9UF-cA3vUZu7Ant1hRpqZ3NKS84VXUKgJEg/s1600/Allee+Day_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651088195609896642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjWU9i1kDxZMKXSH2_lWfFjU-s3aSG-orOr-8e3CZWtTeJKURPtbuHTM5nq-IOcFHcqLaKihGND9EaYiXDs_4aOEfQTdBpuKA3djpoHxiW9UF-cA3vUZu7Ant1hRpqZ3NKS84VXUKgJEg/s400/Allee+Day_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 298px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: renderings of the 9/11 Museum Plaza</span></span><br /><br />Rainwater will be collected in storage tanks below the plaza surface. A majority of the daily and monthly irrigation requirements will be met by the harvested water.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5s7e2VlCOsCNdCblWsKdvQCkS3RTyCIeK8LfkXhdCHJiBK-NKTuhokOKt76kMGQTLxX3kkJ8pODMLakTcIUpmtxflOVHbUKLMaRLz_wZMQ5Ts0hyphenhyphen3_BNVGn6bVLtw2KVp92v1sJwbF2Q/s1600/The+Survivor+Tree+Blooms+on+the+Memorial+Site+%2528credit+Amy+Dreher%2529_0.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651066315724406386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5s7e2VlCOsCNdCblWsKdvQCkS3RTyCIeK8LfkXhdCHJiBK-NKTuhokOKt76kMGQTLxX3kkJ8pODMLakTcIUpmtxflOVHbUKLMaRLz_wZMQ5Ts0hyphenhyphen3_BNVGn6bVLtw2KVp92v1sJwbF2Q/s400/The+Survivor+Tree+Blooms+on+the+Memorial+Site+%2528credit+Amy+Dreher%2529_0.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">above: The Survivor Tree Blooms on the Memorial Site (Photo by Amy Dreher)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Memorial Museum </span><span style="font-weight:bold;">and Entry Pavilion</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"> </span><br />The Museum’s entry pavilion was designed by the Norwegian architecture firm, <a href="http://www.snoarc.no/">Snøhetta</a> and the underground museum exhibit space by <a href="http://www.aedas.com/National-Sept-11-Memorial-Museum">Aedas, Museum architects.</a><br /><br />The Mission of the Memorial Museum, located at the World Trade Center site, is to bear solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQznFUitDoqGFJgCUTyBMYaI-Ln7B9I5hMAKMpHgipD-lA6n-1Z_-1T43gEYs8P5qR46V4iqyu4l_rCrpJLim_WngRMiEWGtadWg2OI6qpYVkZtaxxcdb8brcNuqWPvrIx_HfQ6UGmsPG/s1600/Museum+Pavilion+Birds+Eye_+Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651070261210309682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQznFUitDoqGFJgCUTyBMYaI-Ln7B9I5hMAKMpHgipD-lA6n-1Z_-1T43gEYs8P5qR46V4iqyu4l_rCrpJLim_WngRMiEWGtadWg2OI6qpYVkZtaxxcdb8brcNuqWPvrIx_HfQ6UGmsPG/s400/Museum+Pavilion+Birds+Eye_+Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 214px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a birdseye rendering of the Museum’s entry pavilion</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span>Visitors to the Memorial Museum will be presented with a sequence of experiences which allow for individual and personal encounters within an overall context of a historical narrative.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTxK71tLrFxodEYPSiUuUQc85Rr15rqTpzgzCcXKfteRRJGg1fyz-eIuKRVRks0t_OoZIcf7oEP24wMjlkSNDFqzBOYLasLyDW7vWb2Klc05uDTrQ4Vv-22Nsw0Evob2e2eGSJVuGoaTz/s1600/Museum+Pavilion+Sky_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651103203458638930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTxK71tLrFxodEYPSiUuUQc85Rr15rqTpzgzCcXKfteRRJGg1fyz-eIuKRVRks0t_OoZIcf7oEP24wMjlkSNDFqzBOYLasLyDW7vWb2Klc05uDTrQ4Vv-22Nsw0Evob2e2eGSJVuGoaTz/s400/Museum+Pavilion+Sky_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 297px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a rendering of the Museum’s entry pavilion</span></span><br /><br />The nature of the Museum is such that the shell of the space, comprising existing foundations, the slurry wall and other in-situ elements of the site is as much an artifact of 9/11 as the contents of the exhibitions.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAej88I4aZ0xuU-skx1dNBHvJEKsFVXMxmyk90k20swldlWZNZqqewPHE1jEfnWSQqaRbgDSVJZxYiT5BOf0fZpJsBF4uXObRxVrGMLiIovohIJGZzSJ9rlk_5Fl4d6LABheyllNw2ZFJ/s1600/Pavilion+Interior+Tridents_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651069228693129474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAej88I4aZ0xuU-skx1dNBHvJEKsFVXMxmyk90k20swldlWZNZqqewPHE1jEfnWSQqaRbgDSVJZxYiT5BOf0fZpJsBF4uXObRxVrGMLiIovohIJGZzSJ9rlk_5Fl4d6LABheyllNw2ZFJ/s400/Pavilion+Interior+Tridents_Rendering+Squared+Design+Lab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 215px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a rendering of the Museum atrium with Twin Tower "tridents."</span></span><br /><br />Visitors will enter through a pavilion that houses an auditorium for public programming, a multi-purpose area for contemplation and refreshment and a private suite reserved for victims’ family members. Two of the original steel tridents from the Twin Towers will be enclosed within the pavilion’s grand glass atrium, standing as references to the past, while signaling hope for the future.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_mFPx2KeMaUBC2Y8DrUY8pxdLSbE7pml3xGWx-HrrCr03lSZdNIo4PqYJmfJpz0AZKunyB2PXUdr7VYZ1-beuRAv1OmoJLbOSa_cZvZTs2hqHolx_4Ek9mtazjCFMDkEHm-zNOuD7-QM/s1600/Memorial+Exhibition_0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651065761894726322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_mFPx2KeMaUBC2Y8DrUY8pxdLSbE7pml3xGWx-HrrCr03lSZdNIo4PqYJmfJpz0AZKunyB2PXUdr7VYZ1-beuRAv1OmoJLbOSa_cZvZTs2hqHolx_4Ek9mtazjCFMDkEHm-zNOuD7-QM/s400/Memorial+Exhibition_0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 291px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: rendering of Memorial Exhibition in the heart of the museum site</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Memorial Design Exhibition</span><br />The introductory exhibit leads to a gently ramped “ribbon,” toward the core exhibitions at bedrock, the archeological heart of the World Trade Center site.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwlY7ccjr5qqNzGwzP5AlfTKbVyk1DOSzb8iQbfCSWGJ2qn1DbnsoS7xnzdFmJLi68t11hiZjAIu4dxnc0WZ_94H3-guBx4TgsD1uR0sTGGpZ1WOLPYtRIPk_7p5MY5p0M7upxEl9lYLk/s1600/museum_interior.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651181230437676050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwlY7ccjr5qqNzGwzP5AlfTKbVyk1DOSzb8iQbfCSWGJ2qn1DbnsoS7xnzdFmJLi68t11hiZjAIu4dxnc0WZ_94H3-guBx4TgsD1uR0sTGGpZ1WOLPYtRIPk_7p5MY5p0M7upxEl9lYLk/s400/museum_interior.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: rendering of the interior of the Museum</span></span><br /><br />This descent echoes the ramp that once was used by construction workers to help build the World Trade Center and was again used in the aftermath of the attacks for the recovery and clean-up of the site and by victims’ family members to access bedrock on anniversaries of 9/11.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwAPB0RuuAzPmvdRRE4TBdac3mk2jQWyejlJhO1n6Hmo1l7Vk3s_5kco8ckWuGNJvm8mchlGhuKtByslsZTqw74tNDzWpdXkedLMuZ9TnjUKpuvKo-XMh5zC0eZGI-padKg7W5noYADjN/s1600/large_198928%255B1%255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651087609670347986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwAPB0RuuAzPmvdRRE4TBdac3mk2jQWyejlJhO1n6Hmo1l7Vk3s_5kco8ckWuGNJvm8mchlGhuKtByslsZTqw74tNDzWpdXkedLMuZ9TnjUKpuvKo-XMh5zC0eZGI-padKg7W5noYADjN/s400/large_198928%255B1%255D.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">rendering of </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">interactive tables and artifact cases</span></span><br /><br />From the ramp, vistas will be created, providing a sense of the vastness of the site and the scale of the original Towers. Visitors will be able to stand between the locations of the original Twin Towers and experience their scale, which will be referenced by two metal-clad, ethereal volumes. The ramp that will bring visitors to the core Museum exhibitions has already been framed in steel and concrete.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNcX5z9oQW0EPAaCGnkwCcSckeFM7we5Z9qqtlZTdllLPaIwVAUvbRXmkbt66LwbKC6xr3Np7jDIcGf67aAOMgsyuGy8RqpDfKiaZJCH2Z2m-ALT3sEWjPIA-ig3VVKAXDiXDu7yojfN3/s1600/large_198929%255B1%255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651087450471049378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNcX5z9oQW0EPAaCGnkwCcSckeFM7we5Z9qqtlZTdllLPaIwVAUvbRXmkbt66LwbKC6xr3Np7jDIcGf67aAOMgsyuGy8RqpDfKiaZJCH2Z2m-ALT3sEWjPIA-ig3VVKAXDiXDu7yojfN3/s400/large_198929%255B1%255D.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 294px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">rendering of </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">space for remembrances</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXLlck3ZBOsCqNLGtzCGSuP6SCmwdJpFvdyGHAAk0adJzVouaEmvneDZCRC_DE0Sa5yfGAy7HZKPhXjR2gpUGsLXfABYgaCsGD5LITMeb5ZKmN8GYLrIfk2DNo-8cVniFm1t7b7zlyr1Y/s1600/NS11MM+Memorial+Exh+4+Thinc+Design+with+Local+Projects.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651087896737838290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXLlck3ZBOsCqNLGtzCGSuP6SCmwdJpFvdyGHAAk0adJzVouaEmvneDZCRC_DE0Sa5yfGAy7HZKPhXjR2gpUGsLXfABYgaCsGD5LITMeb5ZKmN8GYLrIfk2DNo-8cVniFm1t7b7zlyr1Y/s400/NS11MM+Memorial+Exh+4+Thinc+Design+with+Local+Projects.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 296px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: interactive tables and Wall of Faces</span></span><br /><br />The final descent to the base of the site will take visitors alongside the Vesey Street Stair remnant – also known as the “Survivor Stairs,” which was used by hundreds to escape the destruction of the Towers on 9/11.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkZIYn7DC-ieAKsV_dEBhbNjLxekC3mD57aeEF0Bp_i-Zqzf4NHQHSK2nknBLfVUlB14ygxnXGRbTl43-j3xOy65EiCiRQk2msuLLo0nUPg9Lhz7mzQ0xQsOo6lqluoemR5fVSMdYOgmb/s1600/DSC00533_edit.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651183375121397042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkZIYn7DC-ieAKsV_dEBhbNjLxekC3mD57aeEF0Bp_i-Zqzf4NHQHSK2nknBLfVUlB14ygxnXGRbTl43-j3xOy65EiCiRQk2msuLLo0nUPg9Lhz7mzQ0xQsOo6lqluoemR5fVSMdYOgmb/s400/DSC00533_edit.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 395px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: The "Survivor's Staircase" before being moved to the museum</span></span><br /><br /><script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?width=530&embedCode=FmNXB5MTqYRhzplWdpMyQA5-qJ6ROQvB&video_pcode=9zYTg6PGyE33C69K7ff2nzGNwNy7&height=280&deepLinkEmbedCode=FmNXB5MTqYRhzplWdpMyQA5-qJ6ROQvB"></script><br /><br />After today's dedication ceremony the 9/11 Memorial will be open to the general public.<br /><br />This post is in sincere remembrance of those lost in this tragedy. May they rest in peace.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.911memorial.org/" style="font-weight: bold;">More information can be found here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">some images courtesy of the <a href="http://www.renewnyc.com/">LMCD </a>and many of the computer renderings in this post were created by </span><a href="http://www.squareddesignlab.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Squared Design Lab</a></span>

UPDATED: A Look At the 9/11 Memorial, Museum and Monument Designs at Ground Zero.

above: aerial view rendering of the 9/11 Memorial above: one of the two 9/11 Memorial bronze name-etched reflecting pools in the foreground ...

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A Look At Carmageddon - 20 Awesome Photos.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcugTzLWNZG81ochx4aL1l4t2LcbOuKTFCE2uptDvfBC9royg4xphLOPmCKpKmrMjuGS8hgluHLyXtPOWuOmQq-m7N7T-dAfQBRQ1wF5KUlKfVYKgfdpml3S50xLZvuYyVGDGVRtUFVYo/s1600/empty+405+freeway+lookig+south.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630056323608974290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcugTzLWNZG81ochx4aL1l4t2LcbOuKTFCE2uptDvfBC9royg4xphLOPmCKpKmrMjuGS8hgluHLyXtPOWuOmQq-m7N7T-dAfQBRQ1wF5KUlKfVYKgfdpml3S50xLZvuYyVGDGVRtUFVYo/s400/empty+405+freeway+lookig+south.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 374px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9vbJ7lR7HDhavYffsMZbdStlY51huG8zQV_nmTVIUE-yVKTj_06hHMv8hTosfeTglGE05N0OLRmQd34RW_sPAkihtCKysMOtskP4ChEi_9ffAP0E07AzXm0b0L9x5xaY8m4Y1FFwvHw/s1600/carmaggedon8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630044893092042530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9vbJ7lR7HDhavYffsMZbdStlY51huG8zQV_nmTVIUE-yVKTj_06hHMv8hTosfeTglGE05N0OLRmQd34RW_sPAkihtCKysMOtskP4ChEi_9ffAP0E07AzXm0b0L9x5xaY8m4Y1FFwvHw/s400/carmaggedon8.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 539px; height: 336px;" /></a><br /><br />The <a href="http://framework.latimes.com/2011/07/15/carmageddon-los-angeles-405-closure/">Los Angeles Times</a> has done a great job of keeping us Los Angelenos up to date on the dreaded "Carmageddon" (also referred to at Carpocalypse and Autopalypse) with photos and updates by many of their staff members.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmZaydelvta9oxrH6k3c6Qe7lRHDCxqsBO8mYvQAzEH5yS0l5mMQUNWSJzQn1fuHi_2dmY57KJrJZ9_mvv2-RqY5el79fHa2A0gVWt89pm62Ic4bIb1PM2RrYHCSBEXeWsYsAJRtHIc8/s1600/carmaggedon10.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630044696772928370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmZaydelvta9oxrH6k3c6Qe7lRHDCxqsBO8mYvQAzEH5yS0l5mMQUNWSJzQn1fuHi_2dmY57KJrJZ9_mvv2-RqY5el79fHa2A0gVWt89pm62Ic4bIb1PM2RrYHCSBEXeWsYsAJRtHIc8/s400/carmaggedon10.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 346px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHkWQtgtZCEbhhKIoL6eg3Iz_BAVdiyC0Uwngvm51YqifZ1lWQv800A2iEK6bkJPht7r5rs-YpFQydOuRLD5XULLNVoI5qyQiQrQL7p3lmfGvfw8VpQc9yYEimTlGTgeSGwPBCEvZhoU/s1600/carmaggedon11.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630044603135292226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHkWQtgtZCEbhhKIoL6eg3Iz_BAVdiyC0Uwngvm51YqifZ1lWQv800A2iEK6bkJPht7r5rs-YpFQydOuRLD5XULLNVoI5qyQiQrQL7p3lmfGvfw8VpQc9yYEimTlGTgeSGwPBCEvZhoU/s400/carmaggedon11.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 365px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: work begins late friday night on the Mullholland Bridge</span></span><br /><br />The 10-mile, 53 hour freeway closure is so the south end of Mullholland bridge overpass can be torn down for later reconstruction and for the addition of a new carpool lane.<br /><br />The foreboding warnings flashed along several freeways starting about a week ago:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0v-5dDfgepuNhbzei66w3XAT38MO-Y-fu3tBXYXZs1BaNIjwOl5ScSNqSvpiOlYOGF8XMctmPu5fGFPGMSI2x6zq8RXRfYniffTl-3WZXml7P9njaoSOaNq7TwvaAbzBq6DodMvBacc/s1600/carmaggedon2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630047964333234722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0v-5dDfgepuNhbzei66w3XAT38MO-Y-fu3tBXYXZs1BaNIjwOl5ScSNqSvpiOlYOGF8XMctmPu5fGFPGMSI2x6zq8RXRfYniffTl-3WZXml7P9njaoSOaNq7TwvaAbzBq6DodMvBacc/s400/carmaggedon2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 332px;" /></a><br /><br />So far -at least at the time of this post- the alternates routes and side streets have never been clearer. Based on up to date Tweets, people are begging for Carmageddon every weekend. Obviously CalTrans and Los Angeles City Officials succeeded in putting the fear of God into LA drivers and most have stayed off the roads, making driving conditions better than they've been in Los Angeles in years. At least up until now.<br /><br />Commemorative T-shirts being sold:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lrZbfD8AbHokWydSQT50LE9-d99-BZj30uHVnGQvgr45adMuZJk66YqB9jxQIgcyN-E9slZIvPIr3Tk1r_odgvGd7uu4nHB_WzbHd1uMYs2ljce9ucUJbq_c9U_hOsb0oKtBpZt69Kk/s1600/carmaggedon4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630047771102131730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lrZbfD8AbHokWydSQT50LE9-d99-BZj30uHVnGQvgr45adMuZJk66YqB9jxQIgcyN-E9slZIvPIr3Tk1r_odgvGd7uu4nHB_WzbHd1uMYs2ljce9ucUJbq_c9U_hOsb0oKtBpZt69Kk/s400/carmaggedon4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 337px;" /></a><br />even David Caruso (Horatio Caine on CSI) bought some:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwd1OzwhHa5E28z-nLtPvZNHRXTtWOiWPr2kGw4F-ldyxeLQvts4tz4BgrKnUPG5Uc7f_Yrk63V_ZGoeBuo8jqd7-OEkmQeKVf_RQPzwfJ5GUls17MZnBnVqetTBzVrUPWpTVPZrRtTM4/s1600/carmaggedon3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630047862860891298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwd1OzwhHa5E28z-nLtPvZNHRXTtWOiWPr2kGw4F-ldyxeLQvts4tz4BgrKnUPG5Uc7f_Yrk63V_ZGoeBuo8jqd7-OEkmQeKVf_RQPzwfJ5GUls17MZnBnVqetTBzVrUPWpTVPZrRtTM4/s400/carmaggedon3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 338px;" /></a><br /><br />Below is an article about Carmageddon reprinted from the Los Angeles Times:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Carmageddon in Los Angeles: The closure of the 405<br /><br />Interstate 405, the freeway known simply as the 405, was built as a bypass of Interstate 5 and is one of the busiest thoroughfares in the nation.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZCZXxwvN_13mydsk9eanhBAKJCwMGAFsKn8O1uie1Ok2es8bcAGzCkICFQoa7sFoPlyYwMsoyc2oU54_pMOj7FjlGu5NTZhgoOV9FzDEQf8D8ch_CMFO7apqvPEJtTRq9cyvFjf5o48/s1600/carmaggedon9.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630044787448348754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZCZXxwvN_13mydsk9eanhBAKJCwMGAFsKn8O1uie1Ok2es8bcAGzCkICFQoa7sFoPlyYwMsoyc2oU54_pMOj7FjlGu5NTZhgoOV9FzDEQf8D8ch_CMFO7apqvPEJtTRq9cyvFjf5o48/s400/carmaggedon9.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 337px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />It begins in Irvine at the El Toro Y, where the two freeways divide, with the 405 following a more southerly route through Orange County and into Los Angeles County, generally paralleling the Pacific coastline. After slicing through West L.A., it enters the Sepulveda Pass in the Santa Monica Mountains, crossing over to the San Fernando Valley to rejoin Interstate 5 near Mission Hills.<br /><br />The 405 has been undergoing a widening project for several years with comparatively little disruption to traffic since much of the work has been done after dark. This weekend that all changes. A 10-mile stretch of the freeway between the 10 and the 101 is being shut down at midnight Friday to allow for demolition of the south half of the Mulholland Drive bridge for later reconstruction to accommodate a widened freeway beneath. Work crews will have about 53 hours to complete this mammoth task, or risk facing a fine of $6,000 for every 10 minutes the freeway remains closed after the deadline.<br /><br />For Los Angeles, a sprawling city defined in many measures by its car culture, this could turn a sunny, summer weekend into a gridlocked nightmare, since the north-south alternatives can’t come close to the 405′s capacity and convenience.<br /></span><br />And now, some great photos:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilao6bXu7QiABvx7_5lBeomT1S6lMLTDIySecug7gIdKtT1K5q0ATQFY6W7_ng2rrFWzcQpI2wPRHVeN6vidDJZwrMiefrev2uco6jy9yaKmClM3tUwUPiVc0DqCbpSqH6UYXDxf6JQv8/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-16+at+1.52.01+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630055956467872338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilao6bXu7QiABvx7_5lBeomT1S6lMLTDIySecug7gIdKtT1K5q0ATQFY6W7_ng2rrFWzcQpI2wPRHVeN6vidDJZwrMiefrev2uco6jy9yaKmClM3tUwUPiVc0DqCbpSqH6UYXDxf6JQv8/s400/Screen+shot+2011-07-16+at+1.52.01+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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A Look At Carmageddon - 20 Awesome Photos.

The Los Angeles Times has done a great job of keeping us Los Angelenos up to date on the dreaded "Carmageddon" (also referred to ...

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