British
Memorial Garden Trust, Inc.
216 East 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
212 682-7945
At the location that this known as Hanover Square, a New York City
Park in lower Manhattan, there's to be the future British Memorial
Garden which will be a locale celebrating the historic ties linking
the United States and the United Kingdom while honoring the 67 British
victims of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
Look below on this page for photos
of Hanover Square Park as it appeared in Spring of 2005 as
well as the sculpture to stand as the centerpiece of the proposed
park itself.
On May 10th, 2005 there will be the initial
groundbreaking for this New Garden:
The Directors of the British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc. have announced
that on May 10th they will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at Hanover
Square in Lower Manhattan, future home of the new commemorative
garden. The ceremony, which will be attended by officials and representatives
from the City of New York and the New York Department of Parks &
Recreation, will take place at 10:30 a.m.
The British Memorial Garden, which has been in development for
over two years, is set begin the site-construction phase of the
garden. The building of the park, which includes the laying of new
paving stones, the introduction of all new benches and the planting
of flowers, shrubs and whimsical topiaries, is scheduled to take
approximately a year.
“The groundbreaking will be a historic moment for the British
Memorial Garden and all those who have worked so energetically to
bring it to this point,” said Camilla G. Hellman, president
of the British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc.
The British Memorial Garden will both commemorate the 67 British
victims of the World Trade Center attacks as well as celebrate the
historic ties of friendship and unity between the United States
and the United Kingdom. Hanover Square is located three blocks from
Ground Zero and comprises a triangular area equivalent to three-quarters-of-an-acre.
The garden has been designed by the renowned British landscape
architects Julian and Isabel Bannerman as a unique blend of a traditional
17th century topiary garden and modern landscape elements. The project
will transform one of New York’s most historic squares into
a green space, helping in the revitalization of Lower Manhattan.
The British Memorial Garden sculpture to Unity by British artist
Anish Kapoor will anchor the park, which is a gift to the City and
people of New York from the Anglo-American community and its friends.
Under the auspices of the British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc.,
which has the Royal patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales, a fund-raising
campaign has been launched to build and support this important international
initiative.
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Photo to the left is of
Hanover Square Park as it stands on this Early Spring Day in
2005 |
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Here's a photo of the park sign at Hanover
Square Park |
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