An Art Exhibit 100 Feet Below Sea Level. Life Below The Surface by Andreas Franke.

<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/AVvXsEg5y9szYGbnCSscm6zEid9vtKHiTQuAYs9ETiIiXT1a96XR3c4MwYBpd2WobwygUjFVokzKAOwx0zvFyH5Bda4X5pDXOsg59ApL4wh17_CsMWsXovgORpr-i2GncD0dA0aVt5-f9mvhgn7-/s1600/exhibit+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650546363488920018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5y9szYGbnCSscm6zEid9vtKHiTQuAYs9ETiIiXT1a96XR3c4MwYBpd2WobwygUjFVokzKAOwx0zvFyH5Bda4X5pDXOsg59ApL4wh17_CsMWsXovgORpr-i2GncD0dA0aVt5-f9mvhgn7-/s400/exhibit+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 368px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCvbSbs6tiEWxRG9Z9HxfKr0457gl7yUyqVx5vHNCzPGVk2ozBpav_2GGMaAbJsqBYJrjA7lyno_cFtDfjQ14o50OtlKN5ImyBnenZ6Q79iRNMeP_xqWgTnlJsJ5M_fZO1BUPtCq2PmGT/s1600/vandenberg+exhibit.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650545719099192114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCvbSbs6tiEWxRG9Z9HxfKr0457gl7yUyqVx5vHNCzPGVk2ozBpav_2GGMaAbJsqBYJrjA7lyno_cFtDfjQ14o50OtlKN5ImyBnenZ6Q79iRNMeP_xqWgTnlJsJ5M_fZO1BUPtCq2PmGT/s400/vandenberg+exhibit.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 369px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">100 feet Below Sea level - The Exhibition</span><br />One Year after Andreas Franke's visit to the Vandenberg his images of the wreck were filled with charming stories and now they are exhibited on the most relevant place possible, where the project began.<br /><br />Since August 4th 2011 divers can benefit from a very special experience and find a package of 12 images placed on the hulk of the artificial reef General Hoyt S. Vandenberg located 100 feet below sealevel and approximately seven miles south of Key West.<br /><br />Andreas Franke's exhibition contains the twelve works below, showing everyday scenes from past times. The stage of those scenes is the very place the pictures are now exhibited, on the Vandenberg.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 12 Photographs:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipO5hrlF1qFoAfa8Ny3kgGUkeZKTTCIoikLfUjcoasc52if4v2YzZNh4QC5XILq1UrU-4iZxmjF4iSPxc6KJum79g5_NrqbBx7iE32H78xFq3A-ES3_AsLqAi5IRj5ybNmRRRiUvNoV9TY/s1600/vandenberg+exhibit+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650548762223499682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipO5hrlF1qFoAfa8Ny3kgGUkeZKTTCIoikLfUjcoasc52if4v2YzZNh4QC5XILq1UrU-4iZxmjF4iSPxc6KJum79g5_NrqbBx7iE32H78xFq3A-ES3_AsLqAi5IRj5ybNmRRRiUvNoV9TY/s400/vandenberg+exhibit+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 366px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYbV_qy3n1qQ1utsuLp2qUipObyz8Vxo2WtpmjDXJv-rAOxZAdrrmdKTU-vkUHWGKT8OwGZ_jTA1yFTGI0xdZO4ejlJ8hYiDoz3dywOESaBmwRbOWpcI2xOM2fU_QTxWisZJ2gVBLzUKF/s1600/vandenberg+exhibit+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650548606260661682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYbV_qy3n1qQ1utsuLp2qUipObyz8Vxo2WtpmjDXJv-rAOxZAdrrmdKTU-vkUHWGKT8OwGZ_jTA1yFTGI0xdZO4ejlJ8hYiDoz3dywOESaBmwRbOWpcI2xOM2fU_QTxWisZJ2gVBLzUKF/s400/vandenberg+exhibit+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 536px; height: 369px;" /></a><br /><br />The images are encased between sheets of Plexiglas with a stainless steel frame. A silicone seal keeps out the water. The images are attached to the ship by strong magnets which grants a damage free removing after the end of the exhibition.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kHQuP4uleaE?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="328" width="530"></iframe><br /><br />Andreas says that the images are <span style="font-style:italic;">"Mystified scenes of the past that play in a fictional space. Dreamworlds, where you can get lost or you can identify with. This makes a new and unexpected atmosphere."</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgFo5TS94WOYIQYw9wKh7N4vpnCTFQ7imEvo_HoUK-Sb3pxwcfrsDHwnFtAoLBiBJHHX7PQI2k9cHNAwWIsCHrJn64aKu0jL3TnjvwD57b6EPXnqyWdkeyNKhgVvmpleNncP0A1mOnOdT/s1600/exhibit+3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650546195269168546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgFo5TS94WOYIQYw9wKh7N4vpnCTFQ7imEvo_HoUK-Sb3pxwcfrsDHwnFtAoLBiBJHHX7PQI2k9cHNAwWIsCHrJn64aKu0jL3TnjvwD57b6EPXnqyWdkeyNKhgVvmpleNncP0A1mOnOdT/s400/exhibit+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 280px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sqPjDzYWJ5i4MvwfBal22w9J_DI_OWNGLPNsCkgQDxx2fj0VmIsLV2VZqLX7jBXtdI7EzqgB6mIKfupA4We9_n7TOF2DdBECBnIMePPTPeGCsgqKmgGeyjdtC0v2m9lCAreTdhaZ7ZZD/s1600/exhibit+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650546280335319410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sqPjDzYWJ5i4MvwfBal22w9J_DI_OWNGLPNsCkgQDxx2fj0VmIsLV2VZqLX7jBXtdI7EzqgB6mIKfupA4We9_n7TOF2DdBECBnIMePPTPeGCsgqKmgGeyjdtC0v2m9lCAreTdhaZ7ZZD/s400/exhibit+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPnCAcPdIn28L1os0tT3xY8ZLhXWfCVRcgijCBDjTAgU8HpRspLEWEbwWgQQeoMoVwCzQaygi4-5mCh0VTdXs1hrIWnXTB9POWYE2KEoJ4a1b8WrO2eNRDAQhnTynIMwTk4wqqXFmGd6a/s1600/exhibit+4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650545980142221058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPnCAcPdIn28L1os0tT3xY8ZLhXWfCVRcgijCBDjTAgU8HpRspLEWEbwWgQQeoMoVwCzQaygi4-5mCh0VTdXs1hrIWnXTB9POWYE2KEoJ4a1b8WrO2eNRDAQhnTynIMwTk4wqqXFmGd6a/s400/exhibit+4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWHS-VV6SD3MqJtrM1c7QGPwG-CC_r5i_NbeaU6dOICOKQ3gz9FdglXEhLWeKoEzvUfGILFDvUGMYP5ItUFfDcQZYEOSS_nknf1fc9YtWK6hLHqK8WuYvCqUQ-bZ66pHb10OZCTyPryAJ/s1600/exhibit+5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650545908995002994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWHS-VV6SD3MqJtrM1c7QGPwG-CC_r5i_NbeaU6dOICOKQ3gz9FdglXEhLWeKoEzvUfGILFDvUGMYP5ItUFfDcQZYEOSS_nknf1fc9YtWK6hLHqK8WuYvCqUQ-bZ66pHb10OZCTyPryAJ/s400/exhibit+5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 375px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyu7IYcbvQVAyC_RqYmqK1ik2_bSvH56TKpC21F-R5vnTNA66RyLUWX0lb0gV_9jwW9aI6dv0pZuN_2mTp6CPmM9fGQmPSJHTCAiJ6Q3IFGpZygHagYz8CYahpOzWxb5rSmgeoxTZnlx2/s1600/exhibit+6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650545831482417378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyu7IYcbvQVAyC_RqYmqK1ik2_bSvH56TKpC21F-R5vnTNA66RyLUWX0lb0gV_9jwW9aI6dv0pZuN_2mTp6CPmM9fGQmPSJHTCAiJ6Q3IFGpZygHagYz8CYahpOzWxb5rSmgeoxTZnlx2/s400/exhibit+6.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 309px;" /></a><br />Visiting the exhibition with chartered Boats is possible out of Key West.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">About The Ship:</span><br />The Vandenberg - From Troop Transporter to Art Gallery<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQAjt_iUaKWbATZy9QCBNpJpa7q2Cekv605es_-k-vQQAXm_s5-8P29ue7zSaSgQr7GAZm1BOOuqKGcjJhj8b2rMG7BjOaIntf57haR-sEj27uFbJIvEDjvWZWOXyIS5Vl_jb3hSJqKLm/s1600/vandenberg+ship.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650549656141490018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQAjt_iUaKWbATZy9QCBNpJpa7q2Cekv605es_-k-vQQAXm_s5-8P29ue7zSaSgQr7GAZm1BOOuqKGcjJhj8b2rMG7BjOaIntf57haR-sEj27uFbJIvEDjvWZWOXyIS5Vl_jb3hSJqKLm/s400/vandenberg+ship.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 350px;" /></a><br />The ship later known as General Hoyt S. Vandenberg was launchend in 1943. Initially it was named USSGeneral Harry Tayler and acquired by US Navy as a troop transport ship for WW II.<br /><br />In 1961 the ship was transferred to US Air Force, converted to a missile range instrumentation ship and renamed to Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg. In this function the Vandenberg served US Air Force and US Navy till its military retirement in 1983.<br /><br />The Vandenberg Its second career started in 1998, when the ship became the stage for the science-fiction movie "Virus". It substituted the Russian vessel Akademik Vladislav Volkov. Some of the cyrillic lettering is still visible on the hull today.<br /><br />In 2008 a group of investors auctioned the Vandenberg. The vessel was transferred to Key West to get sunk and convert to an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. In 2009 all necessary preparations were done and finally the Vandenberg got sunk on 27th May 2009. The 523 feet long ship is the second largest artificial reef in the world. More information at <a href="http://www.bigshipwrecks.com/">www.bigshipwrecks.com</a><br /><br />In 2010 was Andreas Frankes first visit to the Vandenberg. He did several dives and shot loads of pictures which should give new food to his thoughts. This was the beginning of "Life Below The Surface" and Vandenbergs last conversion so far, the conversion to an underwater art gallery.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">About The Photographer:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI7KhqVFk2jgGN_vMZoUYDKpXoEqae-cb-T7vmzkJO0qmwvLomeAJFxBcL8QNXFxh2Q9kelAAwKgkCrZxhHdHhKs-rCxG_0ThJerKunskcxjWlWHG-vd24v5-LUgZLNjlGQJ7SN5rz2QD/s1600/Andreas+Franke+Vandenburg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650549818534956082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI7KhqVFk2jgGN_vMZoUYDKpXoEqae-cb-T7vmzkJO0qmwvLomeAJFxBcL8QNXFxh2Q9kelAAwKgkCrZxhHdHhKs-rCxG_0ThJerKunskcxjWlWHG-vd24v5-LUgZLNjlGQJ7SN5rz2QD/s400/Andreas+Franke+Vandenburg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 549px;" /></a><br />Andreas Franke is in business for more than 20 years and nowadays one of worlds most respected advertising photographers. For Luerzer's Archive he is listed several times in "200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide" and his work is honoured with the most important awards in business. Andreas Franke in Key WestClienst like Ben&Jerry's, Coca Cola, Ford, Heineken, Visa or Nike are just a few of global brands which trust on his abilities.<br /><br />Additionally to his commercial work Andreas worked on several personal projects. "Life Below The Surface" is his freshest and most sensational.<br /><br />Andreas Franke on his work <span style="font-style:italic;">"In my photography I try to construct illusionistic worlds. I like to see things from a different angle and I try to create new kind of views. Thereby taking images of a sunk ship and bringing life back to the ship by filling these images with stories was always very interesting for me. By diving the Vandenberg I finally found the perfect stage and the last obstacle to realise my idea was removed.<br /><br />My work is always based on a strict concept, which is photographically and technically perfectly implemented. Every little detail is part of a precisely arranged production. There is no space left for fortuity."</span><br /><br />images and information courtesy of <a href="http://www.staudinger-franke.com/">the artist</a> and <a href="http://keysnews.com/node/33686">KeyNews</a>

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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; width: 547px; height: 303px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8J9ED6J-6SIO_4mv3jPDWm2_dsZhh-9T963RJhBPruzv08rGiNR7bGJLgJhRHpGIjujZQk85RfWmk2pQNLzW4VRDdXC1fcVeybNrKQ91IuyeNw6aaleLBUeTfLVQfLl2CHbpEBMUbidD/s1600/Memorial+Pool++Names+Parapet.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651085182573440210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8J9ED6J-6SIO_4mv3jPDWm2_dsZhh-9T963RJhBPruzv08rGiNR7bGJLgJhRHpGIjujZQk85RfWmk2pQNLzW4VRDdXC1fcVeybNrKQ91IuyeNw6aaleLBUeTfLVQfLl2CHbpEBMUbidD/s400/Memorial+Pool++Names+Parapet.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 546px; height: 303px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWaED60AhYWCFpvZxI5WWwr4LoWK63qFlNQ88VyW96FO8N31cFbjFe2WS9nEXsBUfwaEAnkPN1CwwD7IVzIEMrebB6_qqqqSi5Chq-_hOZOkGerdIOteaSVWp8enWI328Pq1Wuy_GN4Lh/s1600/Northeast+Corner+of+the+South+Pool.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651085099877072690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWaED60AhYWCFpvZxI5WWwr4LoWK63qFlNQ88VyW96FO8N31cFbjFe2WS9nEXsBUfwaEAnkPN1CwwD7IVzIEMrebB6_qqqqSi5Chq-_hOZOkGerdIOteaSVWp8enWI328Pq1Wuy_GN4Lh/s400/Northeast+Corner+of+the+South+Pool.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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>

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