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While there are worries about whether the National September 11 Memorial and Museum will be open by September 11, 2011, Staten Island's 9/11 Memorial, called Postcards, has been standing since September 11, 2004.
The memorial is located on the St. George Esplanade, near the SI Ferry Terminal and Richmond County Bank Ballpark, and was designed by Masayuki Sono. It's called Postcards because the two wing-like sculptures represent large postcards to loved ones; the sculptures look out onto the harbor at the the World Trade Center site. The memorial, which has 274 plaques and profiles on it, was unveiled on September 11, 2004, and cost $2.77 million.
Tonight, in one of the many 9/11 commemoration events around the city, Mayor Bloomberg and and Staten Island Borough President James P. Molinaro will hold a ceremony to remember the Staten Island victims at 6 p.m. at Postcards. There will be readings for the 274 Staten Island victims, a performance from elementary and high school students, and remarks from officials, clergy, and Sono.
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It is really well done.
The fact that there's nothing at the Manhattan site except a hole, is embarrassing.
I am so sick of remembering 9/11. Politicians are all over it like vultures, I can't even find space in my head to quietly remember the dead, the heroes and the survivors. I hate that they have taken that away from me.
The S.I. borough president's surname is Molinari.
I think it's Molinaro (link to SI Beep site).
Here's to Staten Island. Something I don't usually say. But their simple, effective and prompt memorial speaks volumes about how heartfelt their connection to 9-11 is, much more so than the NYC city government's... even though I know I'd have issues with how they'd characterize 9-11 and what it means politically.
That is just a beautiful memorial. I had no idea it was there!
I'm curious to know if the profiles are supposed to be unique to each person and really represent what they looked like? At a glance, they do look all slightly different... Anyway, really cool design.
I took the ferry over once to look at it. Simply stunning. Everyone should take a look.
It's a nice space to sit and contemplate. At any time.
It is a good design. And should be a reminder to "architects" like Gehry that something can be both unconventional and still tasteful and beautiful, rather than just trying to shock everybody with strangeness.