NYT Article on WTC Memorial Design Finalists, 2003

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b preview i WTC memorial designs g By GREG GITTRICH competing designs at the World tack. “They’ve done a great job A special jury wiU select the cesse* I only by family members 2 and TAMER EL-GHOBASHY Financial Center’s Wmter Gar- within the guidelines." winning entry by year’s end. forthi next 20 years. . Dwir NEWS STAFF WRITERS den last night. The Special pre- “It was a very emotional and Among the finalists, only one Each treats the controversial “ The footprints ofthe twin tow- view was attended by about 25 moving experience,” said Moni- preserves virtually all of the issue of listing the dead differ- ers are clearly visible in all eight victims’ families. Ikeri, who lost her husband, north tower’s footprint and ently.lFor example, one groups E of the finalists for a World Trade The designs all make exten- Michael. some of the south tower’s foot- them toy where they died, anoth- I Center memorial, but none pre- sive use of natural elements toThe designs will be unveiled print down to the bedrock. er by age, and another names 2. serves the space down to the such as trees, grass, water and andthe public at 10:30 a.m. today All the designs are multilevel rescue workers separately, the § bedrock. remain on display for sever- light, often including them as a al weeks. and all provide a space where relatives said. unidentified remains can be en- In video presentations, the ar- ■g “There is respect for the foot- way to delineate the footprints, unlike the international tombed and a way for the fami- chitects — all relatively un- c prints in all of them, and you re- the relatives said. competition that led to the selec- lies to descend to the bedrock, known designers from around ally see that,” said Nikki Stem, “They’re all very creative,” tion of Daniel Libeskind’s over- Some bring elements of the me- the world, including the U.S., Is- * the widow of Marsh & McLen- said Jack Lynch, whose son, all plan for Ground Zero, the me- morial to street level, the fami- rael, Japan and France — said pan Vice President Jim Portori, Firefighter Michael Lynch, died morial design, «;onte3t, includes! lies said. One featuresi a vast they were willing to revise their, after she looked at models of the in the Sept. 11,2001, terrorist at- no public input. lawn that iS'supposed 10 toe ae- concepts.’- । ’ -• t...*....., Ml & .. b. ». . < I

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