The Lens: Viewing the 9/11 Memorial
Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress. Amy also trains her lens on the smaller pieces that may be overlooked with a project of this magnitude. Through “The Lens: Viewing the 9/11 Memorial,” readers of The MEMO blog can share some of the unique vantage points captured by Amy.
Home of the brave: From left to right, 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels yesterday led a tour of the memorial with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. Others on the tour included Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, Army Gen. James D. Thurman, Army Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, Army Gen. Robert W. Cone and other Army officers.
See more photos of the tour here.
9/11 Memorial staff
As the steel rises at the World Trade Center site, tourism in lower Manhattan is reaching new heights. According to the 2011 Year in Review released by the Alliance for Downtown New York, 9.8 million tourists flocked to lower Manhattan’s major museums, ev
Throughout history at least six United States Navy ships have borne the name “New York,” but only one can claim she was forged with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow."The significance of where the WTC steel is located on the 684-foo