Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

Special of the day:  Investigate the scrawl on this piece of paper and you'll find food requests for breakfast - or lunch -  most likely for construction workers at the World Trade Center site.  

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

 Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

A unique hard hat:  To all the construction workers dedicated to rebuilding the World Trade Center site, have a  Happy New Year!

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

Work before work:  After a winter storm blanketed New York City, a crew cleared snow from the World Trade Center site so construction workers can pickup where they left off - building the 9/11 Memorial.  

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

Light dusting: Next year, the 9/11 Memorial's north pool will have tens of thousands of gallons of water flowing through it, feeding 30-foot waterfalls. Recently, a scattered snow fall left a light dusting of frozen water.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

Hung with care: World Trade Center construction workers recently posted this colorful stocking. Since the 9/11 attacks, another year - and holiday - will soon pass. But the expiring months of 2011, will mean one day closer to the opening of the 9/11 Memorial on Sept. 11, 2011.  Over the holidays, while spending time with your family, remember the families who lost loved ones on 9/11.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

Coming into view: The primary steel of the glass atrium of the 9/11 Memorial Museum Pavilion gives the four-story structure a signature look.  Last week, the building was topped off, marking the completion of the installation of structural steel. In the coming months, the so-called curtain wall will help define the pavilion's shape. The pavilion will serve as an entryway to the museum, which opens in 2012 at bedrock at the World Trade Center site.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

Jigsaw: Piece by piece, workers are installing precut granite panels inside the south pool of the 9/11 Memorial. The memorial has two pool, roughly an acre each, that feature 30-foot waterfalls and are set within the original footprints of the World Trade Center's two towers. Each granite panel weighs about 420 pounds and each pool will have nearly 4,000 of these granite panels once the work is complete. Often times, heavy equipment like these two "cherry pickers" pictured here are needed for this ongoing work.

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

Green in spring, golden brown for fall: Photographer Amy Dreher snaps a picture of a few of the trees that have been planted at the World Trade Center site since late August. All told, the plaza of the 9/11 Memorial will feature more than 400 of these trees, creating a vibrant green space and a pictuersque vision of fall.

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager for the 9/11 Memorial 

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

Stony resolve: Rich Pues (L) and Anthony Rodriguez of Berardi Stone place cobblestones to create the plaza for the 9/11 Memorial. The plaza will feature more than 400 oak trees.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

Staff photographer Amy Dreher snaps a lot of pictures at the World Trade Center site, documenting the construction progress of the 9/11 Memorial. 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.

A moveable feast: The work on the 9/11 Memorial and the World Trade Center site is often done at a frenetic pace. Instead of wasting precious time seeking out a nearby sandwich shop, restaurant or street vendor, many of the hundreds of construction workers at WTC wait for their lunch to come to them. Here you see a portable food cart wheeled around the construction site providing snacks, drinks and food for the dedicated "hard hats" clocking in each day at the WTC construction site.

By Michael Frazier, Sr. Communications Manager of the 9/11 Memorial