Logan 9/11 memorial design unveiled
Boston Business Journal - 3:26 PM EDT Wednesday by Naomi
Boston-based Moskow Architects Inc. will design the pastoral setting that will honor the passengers and crew of American Flight 11 and United Flight 175, which crashed into the World Trade Center Towers Sept. 11, 2001. The flights departed from Boston's Logan International Airport and were headed to the West Coast.
The memorial will allow for personal reflection and remembrance that acknowledges the profound impact of 9/11 on the Logan Airport community.
The memorial will include winding paths through a grove of Ginkgo trees; the paths will converge at a large glass sculpture -- the place of remembrance - that will contain two glass panels inscribed with the names of the passengers and crew of the two flights and their departure times from Logan Airport. When visitors gaze upward, the sky will appear fractured through a prism of reflective panels. At night, the sculpture will become an illuminated beacon. Visitors will exit the Memorial by returning to the point of origin, where the words "Remember this day" will be etched in granite paving.
The two-acre Airport 9/11 Memorial site is close to the Logan Hilton Hotel -- the headquarters for Massport's family-assistance CARE Team in the aftermath of 9/11. The hotel donated a portion of the land to allow the memorial to be constructed on the selected site. Hilton also redesigned the hotel's building frontage to complement the memorial, scheduled to begin construction next summer and be complete by fall 2008.
After the tragedy, airport employees wanted a way to honor those lost and decided a memorial would be most appropriate. The design selection process for the Memorial began in 2003.
Boston Business Journal - 3:26 PM EDT Wednesday by Naomi
Boston-based Moskow Architects Inc. will design the pastoral setting that will honor the passengers and crew of American Flight 11 and United Flight 175, which crashed into the World Trade Center Towers Sept. 11, 2001. The flights departed from Boston's Logan International Airport and were headed to the West Coast.
The memorial will allow for personal reflection and remembrance that acknowledges the profound impact of 9/11 on the Logan Airport community.
The memorial will include winding paths through a grove of Ginkgo trees; the paths will converge at a large glass sculpture -- the place of remembrance - that will contain two glass panels inscribed with the names of the passengers and crew of the two flights and their departure times from Logan Airport. When visitors gaze upward, the sky will appear fractured through a prism of reflective panels. At night, the sculpture will become an illuminated beacon. Visitors will exit the Memorial by returning to the point of origin, where the words "Remember this day" will be etched in granite paving.
The two-acre Airport 9/11 Memorial site is close to the Logan Hilton Hotel -- the headquarters for Massport's family-assistance CARE Team in the aftermath of 9/11. The hotel donated a portion of the land to allow the memorial to be constructed on the selected site. Hilton also redesigned the hotel's building frontage to complement the memorial, scheduled to begin construction next summer and be complete by fall 2008.
After the tragedy, airport employees wanted a way to honor those lost and decided a memorial would be most appropriate. The design selection process for the Memorial began in 2003.