designed by Frederic Schwartz, one of the members of WTC redevelopment finalists 'Think'
NYTimes
AP: N.J. 9/11 memorial to look to ground zero
By STEVE STRUNSKY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey's Sept. 11 memorial will be a pair of parallel stainless steel walls, 200 feet long by 30 feet high, inscribed with the names of the 710 state residents killed in the World Trade Center attacks.
The design was unveiled Wednesday by its Manhattan-based architect, Frederic Schwartz, who won a competition in which six finalists were judged last week by family members of the victims.
"Each and every day I share your sorrow," Schwartz told about a dozen relatives of victims who attended the unveiling in Newark. "For each and every one of you, I'm sorry."
The memorial, titled Empty Sky, will be set in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, at the mouth of the Hudson River opposite lower Manhattan.
The walls, set 16 feet apart astride a blue stone walkway, will form a corridor focusing on the trade center site across the river.
The highly reflective steel of the walls will change color with the time of day and the season, and will reflect mourners' own images against the etched names of the victims.
No time frame has been established for completion of the memorial, which is estimated to cost $7 million. State and private contributions will fund the project, Gov. James E. McGreevey said.
One family member who helped judge the entries, Aileen Ryan Burden, said participating was a way to cope with the loss of her brother, John J. Ryan, 45.
"You have to look at it as an outlet for the grief," Ryan said.
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