Assembling the Tribute in Light to 9/11
I have always thought that the Tribute in Light should be the permanent World Trade Center memorial.
According to the NY Times, The Tribute in Light began:
as a catch-as-catch-can improvisation, this one-night event has become something of a civic tradition. It is the celestial, silent taps that brings a day of remembrance to a close, a shared experience open simultaneously to almost anyone around the city.Also :
Its future seems assured for the next two years. But after that?
''I'd say there's a question mark,'' said Kent L. Barwick, the president of the Municipal Art Society, the organizers of the Tribute in Light.
For one thing, the project may run out of money after 2008. For another, it may lose its current staging area atop the Battery Garage, six blocks south of ground zero; a rare expanse of secure open space downtown. A long-range redevelopment plan for the nearby area, known as Greenwich Street South, calls for demolishing the garage, though this is not on the immediate horizon.
And there is no guarantee that it will have a permanent home at the World Trade Center memorial, which is to open in 2009. ''I haven't heard anybody say, 'Let's forget about this,' '' Mr. Barwick said yesterday. ''At the same time, it has to be addressed.''
...its creators believe the Tribute in Light has an enduring value, in part because its silence and simplicity permit viewers to invest it with their own meaning or message. ''One of the best things about this is that it is what it is,'' Mr. Ahern said. ''There are no speeches attendant to it.''A poll question on this topic is posted on the right side of the page below the Statement of Purpose. The question is "Should the Tribute in Light be made a permanent fixture to the New York City Skyline"?
Link to You Tube video is here.