Save the WTC Sphere
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SAVE THE WTC SPHERE
The bronze globe sculpture The Sphere was created by artist Frtiz Koenig. It stood as the centerpiece of the World Trade Center plaza for thirty years as a symbol of world peace.
On September 11, though severely damaged in the terrorist attacks, it emerged intact from the rubble of the WTC. It was thus embraced as a symbol of the strength and perseverance of America.
It currently stands in Battery Park, about a half mile south of Ground Zero. It was installed there with much ceremony on March 11, 2002, the sixth month anniversary of the attacks, as a temporary memorial. There was full intent at the time, and the 9/11 families were promised, that the Sphere would be returned as the centerpiece of the future 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center.
Instead, however, the Sphere, the only remaining intact remnant of the WTC has been banned from Ground Zero and the national Sept. 11 memorial.
The designers of the memorial have ruled that it CANNOT be returned. In order, they said, to protect the integrity of the design.
The memorial design will include over 500 trees. Mayor Bloomberg and his deputy mayor, Patricia Harris, will not permit any of those trees to be cleared to create a proper space that allows the return of the Sphere and respects its history and significance.
At Ground Zero, landscaping takes precedence over 9/11.
This is a denial of history. It is an affront against the American spirit that triumphed 9/11; it is an assault upon truth and memory. It betrays the memory of the innocents slaughtered there.
America has no more vital historical artifact than the WTC Sphere. We DEMAND the return of the Sphere as the centerpiece of the National September Memorial at the World Trade Center.
The bronze globe sculpture The Sphere was created by artist Frtiz Koenig. It stood as the centerpiece of the World Trade Center plaza for thirty years as a symbol of world peace.
On September 11, though severely damaged in the terrorist attacks, it emerged intact from the rubble of the WTC. It was thus embraced as a symbol of the strength and perseverance of America.
It currently stands in Battery Park, about a half mile south of Ground Zero. It was installed there with much ceremony on March 11, 2002, the sixth month anniversary of the attacks, as a temporary memorial. There was full intent at the time, and the 9/11 families were promised, that the Sphere would be returned as the centerpiece of the future 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center.
Instead, however, the Sphere, the only remaining intact remnant of the WTC has been banned from Ground Zero and the national Sept. 11 memorial.
The designers of the memorial have ruled that it CANNOT be returned. In order, they said, to protect the integrity of the design.
The memorial design will include over 500 trees. Mayor Bloomberg and his deputy mayor, Patricia Harris, will not permit any of those trees to be cleared to create a proper space that allows the return of the Sphere and respects its history and significance.
At Ground Zero, landscaping takes precedence over 9/11.
This is a denial of history. It is an affront against the American spirit that triumphed 9/11; it is an assault upon truth and memory. It betrays the memory of the innocents slaughtered there.
America has no more vital historical artifact than the WTC Sphere. We DEMAND the return of the Sphere as the centerpiece of the National September Memorial at the World Trade Center.
7384 Signatures
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Patricia N
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Vincent Boland S
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- Remember this is the "memorial" to 9-11 attack. included should be ALL the artifacts possible.
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Ursula B
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Janet M. R
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- The Sphere belongs on the "plaza". It proves that we Americans are strong and resiliant. Bring the Sphere back.
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Lisa K
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- Please retrn the sphere to the site where 9/11 took place!
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Francine L
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- Keeping the sphere from the new WTC memorial is disgusting. It compares to moving Lady Liberty from the harbor and placing it in front of 42nd St. library. It just doesn't belong there. Put the sphere where it rightfully berlongs, in the footprints of the WTC along with the long awaited WTC memorial.
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Jennifer H
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- I have seen the globe, was there for the placement in Battery Park and hope to sometime visit it where it belongs, at the 9/11 memorial site!
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Vicki T
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William R
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- Bring back the Sphere!
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Laraine A
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Nancy K. Nee/FF George Cains s
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- Some reminder of the horrors and destruction of that day must be present at the memorial...otherwise there will be no validity of what happened on September 11th, 2001
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Margaret M
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- the Sphere belongs in the Memorial. I don't like the fact that there will be nothing to show what happened on 9/11.
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Patricia W
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shawn n
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fern g
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Eileen W
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- The "sphere" was an icon at the WTC plaza; return it to its earned location at the WTC 9/11 Memorial.
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Gina C
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Albert & Sally R
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- why reject an authentic historical artifact that is intrinsicly tied to 9/11?
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Minna B
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- I'm not sure what the Mayor could possibly mean by "violation of design integrity" when an object as important and as meaningful as the sphere doesn't make it into the design to begin with? How bizarre. But really is that new for this Mayor? What he's been sensistive to any issues involving the real needs of the ordinary people of the city? The shpere should be central to any design that is part of a memorial to the the events of that attack. This isn't merely for historical accuracy, but because the sphere has significant emotional meaning to anyone who knows wherfe it was and what became of it during and after the attacks. Wha is wrong with the people who are designing this space? And more ciritcally, why should the mayor continually thwart the emotional needs of the many New ;Y orkers who care so much about what happened and how we would like to remember it?. It is difficult to imagine how the sphere violates design integrity.
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Marie
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- The families are still dealing with the tragedy of that day and are not asking for an unreasonable request.
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Bridget S
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Catherine R
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Catherine E
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james n
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Chris L
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Alyse S
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- Please put the Sphere back where it belongs
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Lisa Tutino, Long Beach N
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- Return the sphere as originally promised.
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Marilyn C
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- Very Important issue
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Thomas H
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Donna M
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- Please bring the sphere back to NYC
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RICHARD l
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Margaret D
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- Do not ignore the significance of this Sphere
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Patti F
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- I strongly feel that the sphere should be returned to the WTC site where it should stand forever, not only as a reminder of what happened on that fateful day, but of the resilience and strength of the citizens of this country, most importantly, the victims families. The designers and planners need to come together and figure this out.....FOR THE VICTIMS.
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Francis O' M
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Sandi G
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M. M
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Marisa L
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John J. O
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cindy m
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- In memory of my cousin Dorothy Mauro and my many friends and aquaintances who died on 9/11
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Matthew L
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Lisa C
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Wendy C
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Bill W
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Jack R
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Francine R
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Mary O
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Lorraine L
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Jason L
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Linda L
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