September 11, 2009

In Memoriam, Sept. 11, 2001

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    DeKorte Park is home to the World Trade Center Memorial Cove, next to the NJMC Administration Building and facing a ManhattanEgret skyline that once prominently featured the Twin Towers. 

   The memorial features two wooden piers suggesting the fallen towers. Nearby, a steel silhouette of the pre-9/11 skyline recalls the view before the attacks.  (Photo at right is from the NJMC archives.)

   Click "Continue reading ..." to see a time-lapse photo of the Memorial Cove at night, featured this month on the NJMC 2009 calendar.

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Sep 11, 2009 2:08:00 AM

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