National September 11 Memorial At World Trade Center
As seen in "Making the 9/11 Memorial" documentary by History (TV channel) and "Rising, Rebuilding Ground Zero" documentary series by the Discovery Channel, National September 11 Memorial Architect Michael Arad selected the black patina created by artist Christine Corday for the finish of the bronze name parapets which carry the 2,983 victim names from the September 11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The bronze name parapets border the edge of the North and South waterfall pools that occupy the former footprints of the North and South Towers. The selection process for the finish of the bronze was directed by KC Fabrications, the Art and Architectural fabrication company in Gardiner, New York awarded the Bronze Name Parapets through their unique engineering idea in the fabrication and installation of the Memorial. “Every name has run under the palm of my hand,” Corday said. “Each name here is a life, and that’s never been lost on anyone that’s worked on this project.”
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