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Finalists for the World Trade Center Memorial Competition

Finalists for the World Trade Center Memorial Competition.

Reader comments

robertNov 19, 2003 at 9:38PM

The important thing to remember, of course, is that any memorial you see here will be about half as bright as its rendered image. This is because designers of things like buildings (and memorials) always picture their creations in perfect light.

My vote is for the "reflecting absence" design, since simpler is almost invariably better.

JustinNov 23, 2003 at 7:30PM

My vote goes to "garden of light". I do also like "reflecting absence", that would be my second vote. I think you're right about how they will look in real life, but I think the "garden of light" will still look as it does on paper compared to most of the other light based ones.

This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.