The Tribute in Light Memorial

“[The Tribute in Light] succeeds because it offers no narrative, no interpretation, no mediation. At a distance, it is not even clear whether the shafts are soaring upward or beaming down from the heavens.

You can read them as a divine symbol or as abstract architecture or simply as an annual public art project. The pinstripes created by 88 lamps may remind you of the striations in the twin towers’ facades, or the rivulets in the memorial waterfalls, which may in turn suggest the passage of souls through space. Or not.

The point is: No one is telling you what to think. You are merely invited to do so.”

— New York Times (September 11, 2015)

Tribute in Light (2010),
20 West Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2010), 20 West Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2011),
20 West Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2011), 20 West Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2011),
20 West Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2011), 20 West Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2011),
20 West Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2011), 20 West Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2011),
Bayonne, New Jersey — Tribute in Light (2011), Bayonne, New Jersey

Tribute in Light (2011),
Jersey City, New Jersey — Tribute in Light (2011), Jersey City, New Jersey

Tribute in Light (2012),
343 Greene Street, Brooklyn — Tribute in Light (2012), 343 Greene Street, Brooklyn

Tribute in Light (2012),
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn — Tribute in Light (2012), Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn

Tribute in Light (2012),
City Hall Park, New York — Tribute in Light (2012), City Hall Park, New York

Tribute in Light (2012),
20 West Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2012), 20 West Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2012),
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York — Tribute in Light (2012), 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York

Tribute in Light (2013),
20 Exchange Place, New York — Tribute in Light (2013), 20 Exchange Place, New York

Tribute in Light (2014),
111 Lawrence St, Brooklyn — Tribute in Light (2014), 111 Lawrence St, Brooklyn

Tribute in Light (2014),
1 North 4th Street, Brooklyn — Tribute in Light (2014), 1 North 4th Street, Brooklyn

Tribute in Light (2014),
Dutch Kills Swing Bridge, Queens — Tribute in Light (2014), Dutch Kills Swing Bridge, Queens

Tribute in Light (2015),
50 West Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2015), 50 West Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2015),
246 Spring Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2015), 246 Spring Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2015),
150 East 39th Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2015), 150 East 39th Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2016),
30 Park Place, New York — Tribute in Light (2016), 30 Park Place, New York

Tribute in Light (2016),
55 Water Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2016), 55 Water Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2016),
1 Penn Plaza, New York — Tribute in Light (2016), 1 Penn Plaza, New York

Tribute in Light (2016),
101 Park Avenue, New York — Tribute in Light (2016), 101 Park Avenue, New York

Tribute in Light (2017),
60 Water Street, Brooklyn — Tribute in Light (2017), 60 Water Street, Brooklyn

Tribute in Light (2016),
373 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn — Tribute in Light (2016), 373 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn

Tribute in Light (2018),
28 Liberty Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2018), 28 Liberty Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2018),
50 Bowery Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2018), 50 Bowery Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2019),
120 Nassau Street, Brooklyn — Tribute in Light (2019), 120 Nassau Street, Brooklyn

Tribute in Light (2021),
70 Pine Street, New York — Tribute in Light (2021), 70 Pine Street, New York

Tribute in Light (2020),
305 Seventh Avenue, New York — Tribute in Light (2020), 305 Seventh Avenue, New York

Tribute in Light (2020),
10 Sheridan Square, New York — Tribute in Light (2020), 10 Sheridan Square, New York

Tribute in Light (2021),
555 Tenth Avenue, New York — Tribute in Light (2021), 555 Tenth Avenue, New York

Tribute in Light (2021),
One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York — Tribute in Light (2021), One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York

Tribute in Light (2021)
Lower Manhattan, New York — Tribute in Light (2021) Lower Manhattan, New York

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