Cemeteries and Memorials in Lower Manhattan Compilation
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National September 11 Memorial & Museum-Snøhetta was commissioned to design the only building that actually sits on the memorial grounds and is slated to contain cultural activities. The idea of placing a cultural building on the actual memorial site is rare and it has been expected to garner considerable scrutiny. During the four years of working with the project, the program has changed several times, however it has remained a cultural facility that is dedicated to visitor comfort and orientation. The design for the building embodies a careful reaction to the horizontal character of the memorial design while also providing the area with a lively organic form that allows the visitor to imagine the site and city in a broader sense. The building will provide each visitor with the opportunity to engage in the act of remembering and to ponder the consequences of forgetting. Certain characteristics of the Museum Paviiion will seem reminiscent of the original towers, while at other times these notions are only alluded to. The alternating reflective treatment of the façade will mirror the changing seasons, revealing the Pavilion’s differing qualities throughout the year. Inside, a large atrium space has been designed to direct light deep into a subterranean museum, designed by a separate architect. Two structural columns rescued from the original towers will stand in the atrium that mark the site with their own profound aesthetic gesture.
Korean War Memorial-Often considered the 'Forgotten War', The memorial, dedicated in 1991, is notable as one of the first Korean War memorials erected in the United States. The artist won an invited competition. After much contemplation about the meaning of war memorials, Mac Adams, the artist decided to create an Anti- War memorial or a "Peace Memorial'.
Inspired by a poem that speaks of death as absence and loss, the memorial features a 15-foot-high black granite stele with the shape of a Korean War soldier cut out of the center. Also known as “The Universal Soldier,” the figure forms a silhouette that allows viewers to see through the monument to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis island. At 10 am every July 27th, the anniversary of the time in 1953 in New York when hostilities ended, the sun lines up so as to shine through the memorial and illuminate a commemorative plaque on the ground.One of the three tiers at the base of the monument is decorated with mosaic flags of countries that participated in the United Nations-sponsored mission. The plaza’s paving blocks are inscribed with the numbers of dead, wounded, and missing in action from each of the 22 countries that participated in the war. Almost half a million people were wounded in the war and nearly 140,000 died.
Inspired by a poem that speaks of death as absence and loss, the memorial features a 15-foot-high black granite stele with the shape of a Korean War soldier cut out of the center. Also known as “The Universal Soldier,” the figure forms a silhouette that allows viewers to see through the monument to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis island. At 10 am every July 27th, the anniversary of the time in 1953 in New York when hostilities ended, the sun lines up so as to shine through the memorial and illuminate a commemorative plaque on the ground.One of the three tiers at the base of the monument is decorated with mosaic flags of countries that participated in the United Nations-sponsored mission. The plaza’s paving blocks are inscribed with the numbers of dead, wounded, and missing in action from each of the 22 countries that participated in the war. Almost half a million people were wounded in the war and nearly 140,000 died.
Irish Hunger Memorial- Together with artist Brian Tolle and landscape architect Gail Wittwer-Laird, 1100 Architect was selected by the Battery Park City Authority to create a memorial commemorating the Great Irish Hunger. On a base of Irish limestone and illuminated glass, the team re-created a rugged landscape comprised of walls with stones from each of Ireland`s 32 counties, abandoned potato fields, and various species of native Irish plants and grasses. From the base`s west side, visitors enter through an ascending passageway that opens into a ruined famine-era cottage. Leaving the cottage, visitors may wander through the fields and overgrown potato furrows. The landscape cantilevers boldly beyond its base, suggesting the courageous journey made by Irish émigrés to America. Within the glass strata of this platform, text is inscribed that recounts the history of the Hunger.
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1.
East Coast War Memorial
Jean Parker Phifer
53 sec
2.
Jewish Arrival - The First Synagogue in North America
James Kaplan
7 min 46 sec
3.
American Merchant Mariners' Memorial
Jean Parker Phifer
1 min 6 sec
4.
Korean War Memorial
Mac Adams
7 min 44 sec
5.
St. Paul's Church - Symbol of Survival
James Kaplan
6 min 19 sec
6.
Michael Arad talks about the Memorial - 9/11 and its Aftermath
Michael Arad
7.
QAYDE SE - FILM VERSION (LYRICAL) | PAPON | PRITAM | METRO IN DINO | LYRICS
3 min 43 sec
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The Irish Hunger Memorial
Dorothea Basile
5 min 58 sec
9.
Foley Square and the African Burial Ground
Gail Cornell
1 min 58 sec
10.
Triumph of the Human Spirit
Jonathan Kuhn
6 min 19 sec
11.
The Memorial Museum at Ground Zero
Steven Davis
9 min 7 sec
12.
Historian Barry Moreno talks about the neighborhood Little Syria
Barry Moreno
2 min 48 sec
13.
The Commission for the Irish Hunger Memorial
Dorothea Basile
2 min 41 sec
14.
The Master Plan for Ground Zero
Daniel Libeskind
5 min 10 sec
15.
The World Trade Center Museum
Craig Dykers
6 min 34 sec
16.
Canyon_of_Heroes_-_History_on_Display_in_Lower_Manhattan
Maharshi Bhattacharya
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National Sept 11th Museum
Aaron Dorf
2 min 25 sec
18.
Irish Hunger Memorial - Part 3 - The Design Process
Brian Tolle
3 min 2 sec
19.
Irish Hunger Memorial - Part 4 - The Construction
Brian Tolle
5 min 54 sec
20.
Irish Hunger Memorial - Part 5 - Audio in the Passage
Brian Tolle
2 min 13 sec
21.
Irish Hunger Memorial
Jean Parker Phifer
3 min 45 sec
22.
Irish Hunger Memorial
4 min 5 sec
23.
Irish Hunger Memorial - Part 1 The Commission
Brian Tolle
3 min 52 sec
24.
Irish Hunger Memorial - Part 2 - The Design Process
Brian Tolle
9 min 17 sec
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