GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL DEDICATED
The new Greenwich, Connecticut September 11th Memorial was dedicated at a 9AM ceremony on Friday, September 11th 2015. Sponsored by the non-profit Greenwich Community Projects Fund and paid for with private contributions of over 1000 citizens, the new Memorial was designed by Charles Hilton Architects and Doyle Herman Design Associates to honor the 33 men and women with ties to the Greenwich community lost on that tragic day, as a place for gathering and reflection for family members and friends, and as a place for education and teaching of future generations.
The Memorial is sited on a hilltop overlooking the water in the new Cos Cob Park. Pin Oaks, Kousa Dogwood trees and Bayberry shrubs were used to create privacy within the park and direct a visitor?s focus toward the Memorial and the stunning views overlooking Cos Cob Harbor. The hilltop site was seeded with native grasses and flowering perennials to create a meadow designed to be in bloom every fall. At the center of this landscape is a granite terrace whose paving is an abstraction of the original World Trade Center plaza. From its center radiate 3 pavement markers, one pointing to New York, one to Washington, DC, and a third marker pointing to Shanksville, PA. At the end of the NYC marker sits a piece of steel from the World Trade Center site. The focal piece of the design is two large glass towers that attempt to capture in material form the very powerful and ethereal Towers of Light Memorial at ground zero while...
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