In August 2006, the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began heavy construction on the memorial and museum. Arad worked with landscape-architecture firm Peter Walker and Partners on the design, creating a forest of swamp white oak trees with two square reflecting pools in the center marking where the Twin Towers stood. The winner of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition was Israeli-American architect Michael Arad of Handel Architects, a New York- and San Francisco-based firm. It is operated by a non-profit institution whose mission is to raise funds for, program, and operate the memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site.Ī memorial was planned in the immediate aftermath of the attacks and destruction of the World Trade Center for the victims and those involved in rescue and recovery operations. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, the former location of the Twin Towers that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the Septemattacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. Museum: Pavilion is from 66 to 75 feet (20 to 23 m) high. Memorial: The footprints of the Twin Towers are underground. May 15, 2014 8 years ago ( ) (Dedication and victims' families) September 12, 2011 10 years ago ( ) (Public) September 11, 2011 10 years ago ( ) (Dedication and victims' families) The low, grassy berm surrounding the walls softly rises to ten feet and then gradually returns to the level of the promenade creating an amphitheatre-like incline that faces Lower Manhattan. The walls channel visitors to the location in the Manhattan skyline where the former World Trade Center towers once stood. The seven hundred and forty nine (749) victims’ names from the State of New Jersey face one another on the interior elevations of the twin brushed stainless steel walls within easy reach. The length of each wall is exactly equal to one side of the former World Trade Center Towers as the height of the wall reflects proportion of the former buildings if they were lying on their side. Twin walls transect a gently sloped mound anchored by a granite path that is directed toward Ground Zero. “Empty Sky” honors both the memory of those lost and the special place that they called home – New Jersey. As people gathered at Liberty State Park on the Hudson River to first witness the event, organize rescue efforts and then remember and mourn, they found strength in their community.
“Empty Sky” remembers those lost while simply and powerfully connecting New Jersey to Ground Zero. Though the magnitude of the September 11th tragedy continues to affect the world, no lives have been more irrevocably changed than those of the family and friends of the innocent loved ones who were murdered that day. Their unique qualities and characteristics enriched our lives immeasurably and through this memorial, their stories live on. Let this memorial reflect the legacies of those whose lives were lost, that their unfulfilled dreams and hopes may result in a better future for society. This memorial is dedicated to New Jersey’s 749 innocent loved ones who were violently and senselessly murdered that day at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, PA. On the morning of September 11th, 2001, with the skies so clear that the Twin Towers across the river appeared to be within reach, the very essence of what our country stands for – freedom, tolerance and the pursuit of happiness – was attacked.
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