Towers
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MARCH 11, 2002
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Towers
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is a proposal for a temporary art action conceived for
downtown New York City in response to the September 11, 2001 tragedies. Two artists,
Julian LaVerdiere and Paul Myoda, and two architects, John Bennett and Gustavo Bonevardi, have come together and
proposed Towers of Light as a profound and simple symbol of strength, hope and resiliency;
a reclamation of New York City's skyline and identity; and a mnemonic for loss of life.
Towers of Light, an initiative led by Creative Time and The Municipal Art Society of New
York, consists of twin white beacons of light that will rise from Lower Manhattan and be
visible from a distance; the project will neither interfere with nor detract from rescue
and recovery, debris removal and reconstruction. The beacons will at once echo the World
Trade Center Towers and serve as a votive candle in memory of lives lost while giving
presence to the ongoing and heroic relief efforts downtown. Towers of
Light is an immediate and temporary artistic gesture to foster hope, unity, healing
and comprehension of the mass devastation suffered by New York City and the world at
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