Month Seven: March
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| Battery Park |
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Sphere and hardhat
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At 8:46 on March 11, a bright clear morning six months to the minute after the first attack, an inauguration ceremony begins in Battery Park: the damaged bronze Sphere from the Liberty Plaza fountain will serve as a temporary monument.
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| They’re back |
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Lighting ceremony
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Flag and floodlights
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The north platform
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Clouds
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That same night, in an empty lot to the northwest of the Trade Center site, the switch is thrown on the twin beams of the Tribute in Light.
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| From the Tribeca Bridge |
The lights are lit every night for over a month, from dusk until 11pm.
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The platform by day
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Grand Central Station
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Quilt
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Engine 55
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Engine 4
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Even heroes
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Engine 6
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By day, much of the city is FDNY red.
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Ladder 101
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| Ladder rescue on Canal Street |
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Now in neon
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Blowout price
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Not just Bogart
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| Double vision |
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| Not for use |
Souveniers become increasingly elaborate.
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Towers with heads
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| 3-D mousepads |
My friend Istvan Banyai draws a fake New Yorker cover after Saul Steinberg, to try to summarize New York’s shifted view of the world, 6 months afterward.
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| After Steinberg |
No lawsuits please.
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| Ongoing construction |
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West Broadway
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| Wash down |
Health concerns remain in the areas surrounding the recovery and construction site.
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| The memorial cenotaph, facing Glouchester harbor |
In Glouchester, Massachusetts, the Fisherman’s Memorial lists the names of more than 5,300 Glouchestermen lost at sea.
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| Fishermen’s Wives Memorial |
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| They that do business in great waters |
Nearby, the newly-dedicated Fishermen’s Wives Memorial pays separate tribute to the tens of thousands left behind.
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| “For the victims of the WTC” |
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| Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial |
Smaller but still present, the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial faces a set of burned candles. Among the words written on their sides: “For the victims of the WTC.”
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For best results, remove glasses
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| The Easter Puppy |
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Glouchester harbor
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It’s Easter, and I don’t make it out of town without a passing visit from the Easter Puppy.
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| Boston skyline |
Security seems particularly tight at Logan International Airport, origin of the two planes that hit the Trade Center.
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| Empire State Building |
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| NYC: full moon, Easter colors |
Back in New York, some buildings have changed their colors for Easter; the tallest building of the new skyline remains the same.
