In Remembrance: September 11, 2001

The red-white-and-blue lighting of the Empire State Building and the annual beams of light that mark roughly where the twin towers once stood called "Tribute in Light" are two of the most prominent visual memorial to those who were lost on September 11, 2001. The lights go on at sunset on September 11 and will go off at dawn on September 12. We will never forget.

Remembering The World Trade Center Twin Towers Through Tribute in Light (And The Movies)

Tribute in Light is an art installation of 88 searchlights placed above a parking garage next to the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11 attacks. It is produced annually by The Municipal Art Society of New York. This picture was taken last night, September 10, 2011. On the right is the brightly lit One World Trade Center still under construction. It is expected to be completed in 2013.

Twin Tower Cameos from Dan Meth on Vimeo.

video from AT & T archives

From 1969 to 2001, the Twin Towers made countless cameos in Hollywood films. Sometimes featured prominently in the foreground, sometimes lurking in the distance. This montage created by Dan Meth celebrates the towers' all-too-short film career with songs that capture the passing decades.

September 11, 2010 "Tribute In Light"

The searchlights are installed on the roof of the Battery Park Parking Garage, two blocks from the World Trade Center site.

Tribute in Light - Assembling the Lights from MAS on Vimeo.

Tribute In Light is an art installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the World Trade Center site to create two vertical columns of light in memory of those who lost their lives  on September 11, and to symbolize the spirit of New York City. The beams of light also evoke the twin towers that were destroyed during the terrorist attacks. It initially ran as a temporary installation from March 11 to April 14, 2002, and was launched again in 2003 to mark the second anniversary of the attack. As of 2010, it has been repeated every year on September 11. The creative team behind the tribute consists of architects John Bennett and Gustavo Bonevardi, artists Julian LaVerdiere and Paul Myoda, architect Richard nash Gould, and lighting designer Paul Marantz.