This post originated from an RSS feed registered with Web Buzz
by Josh Baltzell.
Original Post: 9/11 Memorial Finalists
Feed Title: ShortDomainName.com
Feed URL: http://www.contegix.com/Rss.aspx
Feed Description: Weblog of Josh Baltzell. Focusing on the computer industry and .NET programming related news. I like to get involved on the discussions wherever they are.
I just finished looking through the slide show of finalists selected for the World Trade Center memorials and overall I am impressed with the ideas. Each of them have a very clean futuristic design and would be very interesting to see them to say the least. I have to say though that none of them are what I envisioned. They almost seem like they are memorializing how wonderful an event was instead of pointing out the tragedy that happen there.
Will future generations come see a collection of reflection pools and realize the gravity of the events that happen that day? Will they understand how at that moment many of us finally understood why people would ever enlist for wars in the past? My personal opinion is that the memorial should show something raw like the images we all saw when it was happening. I wasn't effected by visuals of hope, I was effected by burning jagged metal and the idea that people that could easily be a part of my family were inside dead or dying.
I'm not saying that it should be an unwelcoming place, just that I feel like it needs something to bring the idea home to future generations. In my head I always remember that tall jagged piece of the building's exterior left after the towers fell. I would think that having a piece of the real building still standing there would be something that could be done tastefully, but bring in a taste of that raw emotion. Just my opinion though, all of the designs are truly beautiful. [READ]
Previous Topic
