They look over our shoulders and say, 'Isn't there a faster way to do that?' " The memorial was designed four decades ago by the architect Louis Kahn, who wanted John Benson, Nick's father, to do the inscription.
"The memorial was designed around the crash site.
The memorial was designed by DuBose Architects and TO Design, both of Hartford.
The memorial was designed by Fredric Schwartz, a New York architect who also created the official Sept. 11 memorial for Westchester County.
Louis R. Tomson, the president of the development corporation, said that the proposal would have to be weighed against the mission that the memorial was designed to fulfill, and that that mission would be decided by family members, residents of downtown, business owners and others with a stake in what happens at the trade center site.
Unlike the obelisk that celebrates the nation's founding or the columned temple that celebrates its unity, the World War II Memorial was designed by Friedrich St. Florian of Providence, R.I., as a contemplative space, to commemorate the country's spirit and sacrifice in the war, the triumph of democracy and ultimately the human cost.
Intended to call attention to contemporary instances of starvation as well as mark the famine that devastated Ireland -- and transformed New York in the process -- the memorial was designed by Brian Tolle, an artist; Juergen Riehm and David Piscuskas of 1100 Architects; and Gail Eileen Wittwer, a landscape architect.
The memorial was designed by landscape architect Todd A. Richardson.
The memorial was designed by New York architect Frederic Charles Hirons.
The sleek black granite memorial was designed by Maya Lin, who created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC.
