{"id":1145,"date":"2011-08-25T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2011-08-25T17:09:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T21:09:13","slug":"see-a-digital-rendering-of-the-911-memorial-and-the-entire-world-trade-center-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/08\/25\/see-a-digital-rendering-of-the-911-memorial-and-the-entire-world-trade-center-site\/","title":{"rendered":"See a digital rendering of the 9\/11 memorial and the entire World Trade Center site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>I have not closely followed the controversies surrounding the 9\/11 memorial and the fate of Ground Zero. <\/p>\n<p>Not to sound cold, but it&#8217;s clear that the urban space is important for many reasons and that all those who lost loved ones will one day be gone too. A century from now, New Yorkers will be in that urban space, so what we do with it now matters to a lot more people than just those who were directly affected by the attacks. <\/p>\n<p>In my English classes at Armstrong right now, there are students who were in 3rd grade when the towers fell. Our communal memory of events changes and fades over time.<\/p>\n<p>All that said, I kind of like the plans that one can see here. Will those pools and fountains seem unduly large a century from now? Maybe. But all the elements that I can envision from this rendering seem pretty good to me. <\/p>\n<p>This is embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/video\/archive\/2011\/08\/9-11-memorial-digital-rendering\/244129\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic<\/a>, which notes: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The master plan for the site was designed by Daniel Libeskind, and the memorial was designed by architect Michael Arad in collaboration with landscape architecture firm Peter Walker and Partners. 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