Tribute in Light Sept 11 2012

Tribute in Light was first presented on March 11, 2002, six months after the attacks, and MAS has presented it annually since. Comprising eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares that echo the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers, Tribute in Light is assembled each year on a roof near the World Trade Center site. The illuminated memorial reaches 4 miles into the sky and is the strongest shaft of light ever projected from earth into the night sky.

There is a meetup group going from Union Station in New Haven

• September 11, 2012 marks the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Each year since that tragic day, The Municipal Art Society of New York presents a moving tribute in blue lights that reaches 4 miles into the sky. The lights are on from dusk on September 11 to dawn the following day. If anyone is interested, we could setup car pools. Last year i took my own car, parked at the Brooklyn Bridge then drove to New Jersey. I was able to get two views of the lights. If we can get a decent group together and surround the lights, we could get some awesome perspectives. http://www.meetup.com/Mid-CT-Photography-Meetup/events/75962942/
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

See this list of great Viewing Locations.

Tribute in Light can be seen from many points across the New York metropolitan area. Some excellent public viewing locations include:

Manhattan:

• Washington Square Park
• Union Square Park
• Empire State Building
  (Observation Deck)
• Washington Market Park in Tribeca
  (bounded by Greenwich, Chambers and West streets)

Roosevelt Island:

• Waterfront Promenade

Queens:

• Gantry Plaza State Park
• Rockaway Station, Roxbury

Brooklyn:

• Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway
• Brooklyn Heights Promenade
• Fulton Ferry State Park
• 69th Street Pier
• Pulaski Bridge Pedestrian Walkway
• Fort Greene Park

Staten Island:

• Ferry Terminal, and on the ferry
• St. George Waterfront
• Fort Wadsworth

New Jersey:

• Liberty State Park (Jersey City)
• Owen Grundy Pier (Jersey City)
• Newport (Jersey City)
• Port Imperial (Weehawken)
• Castle Point Promenade (Hoboken)
• Pier A Park (Hoboken)
• Boulevard East Weehawken)
• Exchange Place (Jersey City)
• Eagle Rock Reservation (Montclair)