Tribute in Light

Suggested viewing locations

We recommend the following public places for optimal views of Tribute in Light:

Please note that the lights may be turned off on cloudy nights when the Federal Aviation Administration determines that they may interfere with air traffic.

Manhattan
Washington Square Park
23rd Street & Sixth Avenue
Abingdon Square at Eighth Avenue and Hudson Street
Union Square Park
Empire State Building Observation Deck
Washington Market Park in Tribeca, bounded by Greenwich, Chambers and West Streets

Roosevelt Island
Waterfront Promenade

Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Empire Stores - Fulton Ferry State Park
69th Street Pier
Smith/9th Street Station Platform (F/G trains) - Gowanus Canal
Pulaski Bridge between Brooklyn and Queens

Queens
Gantry Plaza State Park
Rockaway Station - Roxbury

Staten Island
Ferry Terminal and on the ferry
St. George waterfront
Fort Wadsworth

New Jersey
Liberty State Park, Jersey City
Owen Grundy Pier, Jersey City
Newport, Jersey City
Pier A Park - Hoboken
Castle Point Promenade - Hoboken
Port Imperial - Weehawken
Boulevard East - Weehawken
Exchange Place - Jersey City
South Mountain Reservation - Essex County
Eagle Rock Reservation - Montclair
Dekorte Park - Meadowlands

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Awards

January 13, 2003, 'Best Show in a Public Space' 1st place winner, International Art Critics Association

November 20, 2002, Distinguished Service Award for an outstanding contribution to Architecture, 96th Annual New York Society of Architects Awards

November 13, 2002, Urban Visionaries Award for Emerging Talent given to Tribute in Light artist, Julian LaVerdiere, Cooper Union

October 30, 2002, "Remembrance Imagination Illumination" Lighting Ceremony, Queens Museum of Art Gala 2002

Relevant Articles
March 12, 2002, Jim Lehrer Hour, Tribute in Light >
March 12, 2002, NPR, Six Months After Sept. 11, America Reflects >
March 12, 2002, The Early Show - CBS, Eyes on the Future as We think of the Past >
March 12, 2002, MSNBC, Sept. 11 recalled in Pain, Light and Song >
March 12, 2002, Fox News, Shine on America >
March 12, 2002, Wahington Post, "Do I remember? Try Every Day" >
March 12, 2002, Boston Globe, Beams of Rememberance >
March 12, 2002, New York Times, Twin Towers of Light Beam From "Ground Zero" >
March 12, 2002, New York Times, Shafts of Light Recall New York's Dark Day >
March 11, 2002, New York Times, A Day of Somber Reminders >
March 8, 2002, New Jersey Star Ledger, A Towering Tribute >
March 5, 2002, Washington Post, Six Months After, a Memorial Built on Beams of Light
February 28, 2002, Daily News, Twin Towers of Light: Mike Gives Go-Ahead
February 28, 2002, Chicago Tribute, Memorial of Lights at WTC Site
January 25, 2002, New York Post, Kin Say Let There Be Twin Tower Lights
January 18, 2002, Wired News, Art Now: Beyond Healing >
January 11, 2002, Wall Street Journal, From Parks to Twisted Towers, Designs for a Memorial Multiply >
January 9, 2002, Newsday, Visions Abound for Site
January 8, 2002, Wall Street Journal, The Several-Billion_Dollar Question >
December 23, 2001, New York Times, Leaping From One Void Into Others >
December 2001, Artforum, Best of 2001 >
November 2001, Artnews, Aftershocks >
November 2001, Art in America, Towers of Light
October 21, 2001, Dateline NBC, Rebuilding the Twin Towers >
October 9, 2001, WNYC-Studio 360, The Mythic Power of a Skyline. >
October 9, 2001, Slate, Lessons in memorial-building. >
September 29, 2001, The Boston Globe, A Wish to Re-Create Towers >
September 27, 2001, New York Times, Designers Look Beyond Debris >
September 26, 2001, Washington Post, Visions Rising From The Ashes >
September 25, 2001, NPR, Talk of the Nation>
September 25, 2001, New York Times, Works Echo Differently When Life...>
September 25, 2001, USA Today, Should the twin towers rise again?...>
September 24, 2001, The New Yorker, Towers of Light>
September 23, 2001, New York Times Magazine, Filling the Void >