NEW YORK | World Trade Center Memorial & Transit Hub - Page 93

Obey · #**1841** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 1:00 AM**

Wait, the names are lit at night? That's pretty cool.

NYguy · #**1842** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 3:11 AM**

CSondi

Streamliner · #**1843** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 5:44 AM**

Someday, we'll look back at pictures from around this time and marvel at how young the trees looked. It's a gorgeous memorial, hopefully it'll age just as well.

xnyr · #**1844** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 4:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Obey

Wait, the names are lit at night? That's pretty cool.

I had read somewhere they would be backlit, and those pics confirmed that.

I believe the panels will also be heated in the winter so they'll be more comfortable to the touch.

Tall guy 31 · #**1845** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 6:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by xnyr

I believe the panels will also be heated in the winter so they'll be more comfortable to the touch.

From what I read/heard...it will also be cool to the touch during the hot summer months.

jsr · #**1846** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tall guy 31

From what I read/heard...it will also be cool to the touch during the hot summer months.

Yep, they are running coolant within hoses underneath the panels. They can get really hot sitting in the sun. That was discovered late in the design process. The retrofit was featured in one of the the Discovery Channel episodes.

yankeesfan1000 · #**1847** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 8:03 PM**

Here's a roughly 39 minute interview on Charlie Rose with Silverstein, Daniel Liebeskind, David Childs who designed 1 WTC, Chris Ward Executive Director of the PA, and Paul Goldberger who's an architecture critic for the New Yorker. Nothing new is really said, but it was interesting to hear what they all had to say about the progress.

Here's the link.

hunser · #**1848** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 8:16 PM**

phillip kalantzis-cope

Otie · #**1849** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 10:46 PM**

9/11 Memorial by navid j, on Flickr

Davidsam52 · #**1850** Posted **Sep 15, 2011, 11:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Otie

9/11 Memorial by navid j, on Flickr

Both these photos just about say it all.

Don098 · #**1851** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 5:05 AM**

I just can't get over how INCREDIBLE the fountains look in that golden light. It's like nothing I ever imagined. Unreal.

Otie · #**1852** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 12:41 PM**

9/11 Memorial by navid j, on Flickr

401PAS · #**1853** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 6:08 PM**

Google Maps updated with 9/11 Memorial Site

google maps by 401PAS, on Flickr

NYguy · #**1854** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 6:15 PM**

It may be temporary, but the touch of fall in the air today makes me think of a time when the leaves will change, even when the memorial is covered in snow. It will always be beautiful.

chantastic!

UrbanImpressionist · #**1855** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 8:36 PM**

Some reporter said in one of the news reports last week that those trees would like get to be around 70 feet tall! Like almost 3 times their current size!
Is that true?

That would certainly change the area into almost a mini-forest.

Roadcruiser1 · #**1856** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 8:39 PM**

These trees are Swamp White Oak trees. They grow to a height of anywhere between 60-80 feet.

Roadcruiser1 · #**1857** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 9:05 PM**

In fact the only tree that isn't a Swamp Oak is a Wild Pear tree that was at the World Trade Center before 9/11, but survived the attack, and the collapse of both towers themselves. The tree is extremely symbolic, and that is the only one that isn't a Swamp Oak. It's basically a survivor tree.

patriotizzy · #**1858** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 9:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Roadcruiser1

In fact the only tree that isn't a Swamp Oak is a Wild Pear tree that was at the World Trade Center before 9/11, but survived the attack, and the collapse of both towers themselves. The tree is extremely symbolic, and that is the only one that isn't a Swamp Oak. It's basically a survivor tree.

Oh wow. I did not know that. That is pretty amazing. Thank you!

Roadcruiser1 · #**1859** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 10:03 PM**

You are welcome.

peterprinciple · #**1860** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 10:39 PM**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV_041oYDjg&sns=fb
Tom Brokaw explains Canada to Americans. NBC News exerpt from 2010 Olympic Winter Games coverage.