2024-07-122024-07-122014-06-16https://hdl.handle.net/10929/116506When you read this description of the symbolism of this plaza you may say to yourself, HOW IRONIC!!!!! The centerpiece of the plaza was an orb-shaped metal sculpture, entitled The Sphere, by Fritz Koening. The Sphere is 25 feet high and cast in 52 bronze segments. It was put together in Bremen, Germany and shipped as a whole to Lower Manhattan. The artwork was meant to symbolize world peace through world trade, and was placed at the center of a ring of fountains and other decorative touches designed by trade center architect Minoru Yamasaki to mimic the Grand Mosque of Mecca, Masjid al-Haram, in which The Sphere stood at the place of the Kaaba. It was set to rotate once every 24 hours, and its base became a popular lunch spot for workers in the trade center on days with good weather.Original file name fullsizeoutput_22fc.jpeg2378 x 3114Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Austin J. Tobin PlazaWorld Trade CenterNew York CityNorth TowerSouth Tower911911 Terror AttackAttack in World Trade CenterSeptember 11 2001ManhattanNYCNew YorkNYNew York StateNYSThe Empire StateLower ManhattanFinancial District