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  World Trade Center Memorial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A memorial was planned in the immediate aftermath of the attacks and destruction of the World Trade Center to mourn the victims and honor the heroes of that day.
The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, Inc., was formed as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation to raise funds and manage the planning and construction of the memorial.
World Trade Center Memorial Foundation member Debra Burlingame wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the center would have a mission that had nothing to do directly with the events of September 11 and could potentially criticize American policies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Trade_Center_Memorial   (1968 words)

  
 Plots & Plans: World Trade Center Memorial Proposals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The most logical and obvious choice for a memorial to the World Trade Center is the façade shard that stood on the site for a long time after the center's twin towers were demolished in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001.
The selected finalists are not well-known architects and designers and their proposals are on view in the Wintergarden at the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan across West Street from the site of the World Trade Center.
The memorial bridge is composed of alternating bands of stone and glass, epitomizing the past and the present, the enduring and the ever changing.
www.thecityreview.com /memwtc.html   (5775 words)

  
 Memorial Details: World Trade Center Memorial
World Trade Center on the 2004 memorial of the September 11 attacks.
Memorials to the Victims of the 911 Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon
Memorial to the victims of the terrorist attack in Kuta, Bali 2002.
www.war-memorial.net /mem_det.asp?ID=67   (728 words)

  
 Alumnus Among Finalists for Design of World Trade Center Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A proposed memorial designed by a Georgia Tech alumnus in memory of those killed on Sept. 11 is one of eight being exhibited in New York beginning this week.
The eight finalist designs required certain elements, including delineation of the World Trade Center (WTC) tower footprints, recognition of every individual killed in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 and on Feb. 26, 1993, and a final resting place for unidentified remains.
In accordance with competition rules, finalists and jury members are not to speak publicly about their designs or the competition until a winner has been announced.
www.gatech.edu /news/item.php?id=218   (821 words)

  
 How the memorial designs fail and succeed
The publicly-accepted mission of this memorial space is to provide a secular sacred space (if this is possible) and a burial memorial space within a four-to-six-acre plot of land that must also integrate into the city and communities encompassing it.
Understanding the memorial mission statement and the factional approach through which it was created, there was little reason to expect a radical and enlightening result from the competition.
The true memorial is the full 16 acres of rebuilding in balance with the results of this memorial competition.
www.downtownexpress.com /de_31/howthememorialdesign.html   (1453 words)

  
 Cornell News: World Trade Center memorial
An image from the lowest tier of the "Garden of Lights" World Trade Center memorial proposal shows a hand tracing on the surface of an altar the name of one of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The finalists were announced Nov. 19 by the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC), which sponsored the competition, drawing 5,201 entries from 63 nations and 49 states -- making the memorial competition the largest in recent history.
Finalists were asked by LMDC not to comment publicly on their designs or selection so as not to influence the final choice.
www.news.cornell.edu /releases/Nov03/World.Trade.Ctr.lm.html   (784 words)

  
 World Trade Center Finalists Named - CBS News
One proposal evokes the original trade center with twin latticework towers, while the other preserves the foundations of the twin towers.
The two finalists were among nine proposals for redeveloping the 16-acre World Trade Center site that were unveiled Dec. 18.
While no one expects an exact replica of any of the models to rise at the trade center site, officials at the development corporation have said whatever is built there will be based on one of the plans.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/02/04/national/main539302.shtml   (598 words)

  
 World Trade Center Memorial - QuickTopic free message board hosting
The memorial foundation has never been enthusiastic about the PAC, failing to even set a date to begin fundraising for it until after all $510 million needed for the memorial and museum was raised.
The memorial design didn't get equal attention for years though, as officials focused on the towers, on their disputes with the site developer, and whether there should be an emphasis on commercial or residential development.
The focal point of the memorial service will be the memorial to the firefighters who lost their lives at Ground Zero when the World trade Center towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001.
www.quicktopic.com /29/H/uDY4ZXaPpMD   (6300 words)

  
 8 Finalists Chosen for Design of World Trade Center Memorial
Eight final designs for a memorial to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were announced today in New York City.
John Whitehead, the chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is overseeing the rebuilding process, said the finalists all use organic elements that reflect a profound sense of humanity.
The jury, which is made up of academics, public servants, architects and memorial designers, is expected to choose a design for the World Trade Center memorial by the end of the year.
www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2003/11-20.htm   (413 words)

  
 village voice > art > 'World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition' by Jerry Saltz
Because it's so heartbreakingly bad, the worst show of the year by far is the display currently on view at the Winter Garden of the eight models for memorials to those killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Among the trees are 2,982 "memorial columns," each with the name of a victim and some details about his or her life.
Those were buildings and monument in one: a memorial to the lost in the form of shapes that lean on and love one another (while echoing the former Trade Center), and a testament to the living in their dignity and elegance.
www.villagevoice.com /issues/0352/saltz.php   (896 words)

  
 Finalists for the World Trade Center Memorial Competition (kottke.org)
Finalists for the World Trade Center Memorial Competition.
The important thing to remember, of course, is that any memorial you see here will be about half as bright as its rendered image.
This is because designers of things like buildings (and memorials) always picture their creations in perfect light.
www.kottke.org /remainder/03/11/4737.html   (187 words)

  
 World Trade Center Memorial Competition
The jury will be comprised of thirteen individuals representing various points of view-- including world renowned artists and architects, a family member, a Lower Manhattan resident and business owner, representatives of the Governor and Mayor, and other prominent arts and cultural professionals.
During the second stage, the finalists will further develop their design proposals, which the LMDC will reveal to the public while the jury continues to deliberate.
The mission statement describes the purpose of the memorial, while the program describes the principles that the memorial must embody and the elements it must feature to be considered in the competition.
www.deathbyarch.com /html/world_trade_center_memorial_co.html   (694 words)

  
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"Suspending Memory" by Joseph Karadin with Hsin-Yi Wu, shown in this drawing released in New York Wednesday Nov. 19, 2003, is one of the eight finalists for a World Trade Center memorial.
The finalists, whose identities were made public for the first time Wednesday, range from local artists to international architects.
The eight proposals, accompanied by videotaped interviews of finalists talking about their designs, were displayed at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden, near where the towers stood.
firstcoastnews.com /news/waronterror/news-article.aspx?storyid=11039   (590 words)

  
 World Trade Center - Memorial and Reconstruction Proposal - Plans and photographs of a proposal for the World Trade ...
World Trade Center - Memorial and Reconstruction Proposal - Plans and photographs of a proposal for the World Trade Center memorial and reconstruction in New York City.
The exhibition considers the range of aesthetic, cultural and political issues that affect and arise from the process of remembrance, and explores a wide variety of memorial and monumental structures and artworks, from a range of cultures around the world.
Yesterday was the last day for entries in the competition to design the memorial to the 3,022 victims of the attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, and the 1993 trade center bombing.
www.planetcast.com /wtc/commentary-archive.shtml   (4396 words)

  
 Architectural Record | WTC News | World Trade Center Memorial Finalists Named
The finalists’ designs which include renderings, models, and videos illustrating possible memorials for the events of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993, will be on display at the Winter Garden until the winner is chosen, ostensibly before the end of the year.
Finalists are predominantly young (under 30) and few have achieved wide renown in design and architecture.
Suspending Memory by Joseph Karadin with Hsin-Yi Wu Dual Memory by Brian Strawn and Karla Sierralta
www.architecturalrecord.com /news/wtc/archives/031119wtc.asp   (444 words)

  
 CNN.com - Winning WTC memorial design revealed - Jan. 7, 2004
The names would include six people killed in the 1993 terrorist truck bombing at the Trade Center and 224 people killed in the September 11 hijacking crashes at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the memorial guidelines.
Each of the eight finalists was granted a six-figure budget to enhance their concepts with models, renderings, engineering studies and animations.
Rampe said the memorial would be built with private funds raised with an eye on groundbreaking by the end of the year.
www.cnn.com /2004/US/Northeast/01/06/wtc.memorial/index.html   (1005 words)

  
 Category:World Trade Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main article for this category is World Trade Center.
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List of tenants in World Trade Center Two
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:World_Trade_Center   (84 words)

  
 WTVY | World Trade Center Memorial
The jury that will choose a design for a World Trade Center memorial has a lot of work ahead.
The finalists will be announced in September, and a winner will be chosen later in the fall.
The trade center memorial will include references to the 1993 bombing of the building, as well as the 9-11 attacks.
www.wtvynews4.com /home/headlines/393877.html   (166 words)

  
 Eight World Trade Center Site Memorial Finalists Chosen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Their participation in the memorial competition reaffirms our common humanity and is a testament to the solidarity and shared values of mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, friends and families from every corner of the world.
All 5,201 proposals were evaluated by a 13 member memorial jury comprised of individuals representing various points of view, including world renowned artists and architects, a family member, a Lower Manhattan resident and business owner, representatives of the Governor and Mayor, and other prominent arts and cultural professionals.
The jury, which has the sole responsibility for selecting a memorial, is expected to announce a winner by the end of the year.
www.buildings.com /Articles/detail.asp?ArticleID=1655   (1107 words)

  
 BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis
The eight memorial designs being considered for the World Trade Center site seem to have done almost everything they were supposed to do.
It’s strange that little outcry has been made over the finalists’ decision not to incorporate pieces of the World Trade Center—after all, crews at Fresh Kills separated out tons of steel from the enormous piles of debris as candidates for use in a memorial....
It is a battle between all the decent people of the world of all religions and races and the forces of Evil.
www.buzzmachine.com /archives/2003_11.html   (14024 words)

  
 World Trade Center Memorial
like the thought of a pool and the memorial suspended
the memorials to be mostly above ground and the bases of
The second design I like is "Passages of Light, Memorial
www.aspiringwriters.biz /worldtradecentermemorial.html   (189 words)

  
 Alumnus Among Finalists for Design of World Trade Center Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Arad grew up in Israel and in the United States and earned his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College before studying at Georgia Tech, Allen said.
The jury evaluated finalist proposals in a two-stage process based on how well each design expressed the overall mission statement of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition.
The finalists’ designs, animations, bios and all relevant information about the World Trade Center Memorial Competition can be viewed online:
www.gatech.edu /news/item.php?id=217   (605 words)

  
 Dennis Hollingsworth: World Trade Center Memorial
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www.dennishollingsworth.us /archives/000138.html   (2096 words)

  
 Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
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World Trade Center Master Plan (File Size:.9 mb)
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 Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News: World Trade Center Memorial Design Finalists Are Heavy on Healing Themes.@ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
World Trade Center Memorial Design Finalists Are Heavy on Healing Themes.
Nov. 20--All the designs rely heavily on natural elements, such as light, water and earth.
In starkly dramatic ways, the eight finalists for the World Trade Center memorial attempt to heal a "wounded cityscape and our wounded souls."
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:110371899&refid=ink_tptd_np   (170 words)

  
 World Trade Center Memorial Finalists Announced
Eight finalists have been chosen in the World Trade Center Memorial competition.
I like Dual Memory and Lower Waters, but Suspending Memory has my vote.
It occupies the entirety of Ground Zero, so there's no chance it will be selected...the commercial value of the land is too great.
journals.aol.com /ceklundesq/TheOtherShoe/entries/336   (210 words)

  
 World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition
It is a memorial that expresses both the incalculable loss of life and its consoling renewal, a place where all of us come together to remember from generation to generation."
- World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition Jury, from jury statement
World Trade Center Site Memorial designers Michael Arad and Peter Walker presented the refined memorial design, Reflecting Absence, at a press conference at Federal Hall on Wednesday, January 14, 2004.
www.wtcsitememorial.org   (100 words)

  
 WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL COMPETITION
OUR MEMORIAL WILL BE REPRESENTED BY A COLOSSAL TREE -
A SYMBOL OF A PROTECTOR WITH STRENGTH AND POWER, A LADDER TO THE HEAVENS,
OUR MEMORIES OF THE VICTIMS WILL KEEP SHINING.
www.1178designs.com /wtc.html   (209 words)

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