Exhibition on the Making of
Westchester County's
9-11 Memorial on Display Next Month
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| The Rising,
Westchester County's 9-11 memorial, which will be unveiled September
10 at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. |
By Neal Rentz
A memorial to honor the Westchester County victims of the September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks has taken five years to complete and will
be unveiled to the public at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla September
10.
The Rising, which was constructed with 10,000 linear feet of stainless
steel,
"was assembled like the pieces of a gigantic erector set,"
according to the county.
Residents who like to find out how the memorial was created can view
a multimedia exhibit in White Plains next month.
"A Community Comes Together: The Making of The Rising, Westchester
County September 11th Memorial" will be on display from September
7 through 26 at the Westchester Arts Council's Arts Exchange Building
at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue.
Admission is free.
The exhibition will be presented at the Janet Peckham Gallery, which
is open Tuesdays through Saturdays and Monday, September 11 from noon
to 5 p.m.
"The idea for the exhibit originated with the County Executive
(Andrew Spano)," Spano spokeswoman Donna Greene noted Monday.
Spano was interested in how the memorial was created and wanted the
county to create an exhibit to explain the construction process, Greene
said.
"The completion of The Rising marks a most significant milestone
for Westchester," Spano said recently. "It is unique in
the world and making the transition from concept to construction involved
protocols and techniques that had never been tried before."
The Rising is an 80-foot-high stainless-steel sculpture designed by
world-renowned architect Frederic Schwartz to honor the 109 county
residents who died in the September 11 attacks.
The exhibit will include photographs, videos, architectural drawings,
computerized images and other works to illustrate each stage in the
development of the memorial.
According to the county, over 400 individuals, including donors, workers
and designers, contributed to the effort to create The Rising. Spano
also thanked for their efforts the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers,
the Westchester Arts Council and Frederic Schwartz Architects, who
helped his communications office to put the exhibition together.
For more information about The Rising or the exhibit, call (914) 995-2951
or go to www.westchestergov.com.
