On the unfortunate 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we take a view at the two pools and Delta Fountains, the pool builders behind the 9/11 Memorial.
As the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11th comes, we take out time to have a view at the 9/11 Memorial and the two reflecting pools that establish the footprint of where the Twin Towers once had its marks. The two pools have on their scripts the names of nearly 3,000 killed in the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the World Trade Center bombing of February 26, 1993. Everyone who died, their name is written on bronze parapets surrounding both of the memorial pools.
The two pools at the 9/11 Memorial have grabbed the attention the millions of people each year since it first opened.
The immense sadness and grief the nation still feels even after twenty years span is quite visible in the massive number of visitors the 9/11 Memorial attracts each year.
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Why did they choose reflecting pools for the memorial site?
Going through their roots back to the ancient Persian gardens, showing pools have been a time-gifted classic memorial structure and a water feature commonly found in gardens and parks. One of the most remarkable reflecting pools is situated at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Majority of reflecting pools are not that deep and can vary in size from as small.
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At the press conference organized at Federal Hall National Memorial on the date January 14, 2004, the final structure and design for the 9/11 memorial were shown to the public. An Israeli-American architect named Michael Arad of Handel Architects and landscape architecture firm Peter Walker and Partner’s concept ‘Reflecting Absence‘ was elected as the leading design. Their design comprised a forest along with two large, recessed pools that show the Twin Towers’ footprints.
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Reflecting Absence’ is comprised of two 1-acre pools. The designs are the biggest man-made waterfalls located in the United States. Both pools represent the loss of life and the feeling of physical absence that the attacks left behind. The dual waterfalls are supposed to drown out the sounds of the city and establish a calm place of memory for what was lost.
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You might not be aware, but Delta Fountains are the pool builders behind the building of the 9/11 Memorial Pools. Joe Petry, President of Delta Fountains informed that the company has done architectural and floating fountain designs for many universities, police memorials, parks, and more.
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