Photos &Steve Fisher 10 Jun 2012 06:26 am
The Intrepid & the WTC
- In the past week the Shuttle Enterprise was ferried up the Hudson to the aircraft carrier, the Intrepid. There it would settle into its new home. Steven Fisher photographed the delivery.
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This followed with a photo essay by Steve on the World Trade Center memorial under construction. hese are not only his photos but his words as well.
After quite a few years, I ventured back to the site of the World Trade Center.
Last time I was there, when it was a giant hole in the ground, I stood at the perimeter, alone, and wept. This time, I have to say that I did not experience much of an emotional reaction, and I don’t believe that it was because of the passage of time.
There were the two large pools demarking where the towers once stood; there was the new tower rising ever skyward alongside the original site; there were the myriad of names carved into the metal band surrounding the pools; there were the crowds of people, tourists mostly, strolling among the trees, sitting on stone slabs, photographing the views and each other. But it did not have the impact that I expected.
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As well-detailed as the fountain walls are (and they really are
quite lovely to watch and listen to,) I get a mental image
when viewing the pools that distracts me.
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The central secondary depression reminds me of a floor drain in a tub.
I wish the water would disappear magically, out of sight, instead of
so blatantly going down a drain. It somehow lacks respect.
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I think, too, that the presence of the visitors, an obvious
unavoidable necessity, is a detraction from the sense that
something horrific happened here. It’s like traipsing about
the ruins of Greek temple sites among so many tour groups
– it makes it more difficult to relate to the scene that
transpired here one September morning.
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I do believe that the plaza will work better once the trees
have a chance to mature; perhaps it will be easier
to reflect and contemplate then.
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Anyway, here are a bunch of photos I took, which are
probably like the millions of images being snapped by
thousands of others, but I found it still compelling to do so.
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