Ghost of a flea

Memorial

Eight finalists for the WTC memorial have been made public. Some designs look sound but the titles of "Reflecting Absence" and "Dual Memory" seem a bit precious to me. "WTC Memorial" would have done just fine. "Suspending Memory" is peculiar and, at least from one angle, might induce sea-sickness.

All eight designs, selected from a pool of 5,200, list the names of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, as well as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The names are inscribed on granite walls, glass panels and stone columns, some alphabetically and others according to where the person died.

"We have sought designs that represent the heights of imagination while incorporating aesthetic grace and spiritual strength," the jury that chose the finalists said in a statement.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 20, 2003 07:05 AM