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{{Infobox monument|dedicated=September 11, 2006|height=100 feet|begin=September 16, 2005|coordinates={{coord|40.663694|-74.069083|format=dms|type:landmark_region:ES|display=inline,title}}|designer=[[Zurab Tsereteli]]|monument_name=To the Struggle Against World Terrorism|image=|location=[[Bayonne, New Jersey]], [[United States]]}} |
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'''''To the Struggle Against World Terrorism''''' (also known as the '''''Tear of Grief''''' and the '''''Tear Drop Memorial''''') is a 10–story sculpture by [[Zurab Tsereteli]] that was given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government as a memorial to the victims of the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001 |
'''''To the Struggle Against World Terrorism''''' (also known as the '''''Tear of Grief''''' and the '''''Tear Drop Memorial''''') is a 10–story sculpture by [[Zurab Tsereteli]] that was given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government as a memorial to the victims of the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, and the [[19<!-- 1993 not 2001-->93 World Trade Center bombing]].<ref name=Memorial_Brochure>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222101947/http://www.bayonnelra.com/Memorial_Brochure.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.bayonnelra.com/Memorial_Brochure.pdf |title=The Memorial at Harbor View Park |publisher=Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority}}</ref> It stands at the end of the former [[Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne|Military Ocean Terminal]] in [[Bayonne, New Jersey]]. Ceremonial groundbreaking occurred on September 16, 2005, in a ceremony attended by Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.911monument.com/groundbreaking.cfm | title=Groundbreaking Ceremony: September 16, 2005 | website=911monument.com | access-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref> The monument was dedicated on September 11, 2006, in a ceremony attended by former U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name=Memorial_Brochure /><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222101933/http://www.911monument.com/Tsereteli_Monument.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |url-status=live |url=http://www.911monument.com/Tsereteli_Monument.pdf |title=The Unveiling of a New World Monument |access-date=March 17, 2009}}</ref> |
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==Design== |
==Design== |
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The sculpture comprises a {{Convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}} bronze-clad tower split with a jagged opening in the middle, in which hangs a {{Convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}}-tall nickel-surfaced teardrop.<ref name="NYT2004">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/30/nyregion/our-towns-a-jersey-city-teardrop-for-9-11-or-a-10-story-embarrassment.html | title=Our Towns; A Jersey City Teardrop for 9/11, Or a 10-Story Embarrassment? | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 30, 2004 | |
The sculpture comprises a {{Convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}} bronze-clad tower split with a jagged opening in the middle, in which hangs a {{Convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}}-tall nickel-surfaced teardrop.<ref name="NYT2004">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/30/nyregion/our-towns-a-jersey-city-teardrop-for-9-11-or-a-10-story-embarrassment.html | title=Our Towns; A Jersey City Teardrop for 9/11, Or a 10-Story Embarrassment? | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | last=Applebome | first=Peter | date=June 30, 2004 | access-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.911monument.com/history.cfm | title=To the Struggle Against World Terrorism: A History | website=911monument.com | access-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Memorial_Brochure /><ref name="Tsereteli's_official">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023104507/http://www.tsereteli.ru/eng/part_bio.php |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.tsereteli.ru/eng/part_bio.php |title=Tsereteli's Official Biography |publisher= Tsereteli's official webpage}}</ref> The eleven sides of the monument's base bear granite name plates, on which are etched the names of those who died in the September 11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818215812/http://www.911monument.com/history.htm |archive-date=August 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.911monument.com/history.htm |title=To the Struggle Against World Terrorism: A History | website=911monument.com}}</ref> However, like some other 9/11 memorials, the dedication was based on an outdated compilation and contains about forty people who were removed from later victim listings.<ref name="40toomany">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/10bayonne.html | title=9/11 Memorial in New Jersey Honors 40 People Too Many | work=The New York Times | agency =Associated Press | date=September 10, 2006 | access-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref> |
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Tsereteli did not disclose the cost of the sculpture except to say that he paid for labor and materials. A lawyer for the sculptor released the cost at about $12 million.<ref name=elephant>{{cite web | |
Tsereteli did not disclose the cost of the sculpture except to say that he paid for labor and materials. A lawyer for the sculptor released the cost at about $12 million.<ref name=elephant>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123120246/http://www.irishamericannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2817:white-elephants&catid=69:mick&Itemid=195 |archive-date=November 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.irishamericannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2817:white-elephants&catid=69:mick&Itemid=195 |title=White Elephants |work=Irish American News |first=Mike |last=Morley |date=October 2011}}</ref> Tsereteli said metals for the sculpture were obtained "From a military factory that did airplanes. In [[Dzerzhinsk, Russia|Dzerzhinsk]]. A [[closed city|secret city]]."<ref name=finnegan>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2007/06/25/070625ta_talk_finnegan |title=On the Waterfront: Monument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716022924/http://newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/25/monument-3 |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |first=William |last=Finnegan |magazine=The New Yorker |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=July 15, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Further information== |
==Further information== |
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The monument was initially given to the local government of [[Jersey City]], but was rejected.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E0DA173BF933A05752C0A9639C8B63 |title=Monument In Search Of a Home | |
The monument was initially given to the local government of [[Jersey City]], but was rejected.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E0DA173BF933A05752C0A9639C8B63 |title=Monument In Search Of a Home |access-date=April 18, 2010 | work=The New York Times | first=Jonathan | last=Miller | date=January 30, 2005}}</ref> It was then relocated to its present placement in [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]].<ref name="40toomany"/> In August 2010 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced it had plans to build a container facility on the location and the monument would most likely have to be moved.<ref name=elephant/> However, Robert "Captain Bob" Terzi, a Bayonne taxi driver started an online petition to prevent the relocation.<ref name=elephant/> |
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It was listed as one of the world's ugliest statues by ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine,<ref name="ugly">{{cite |
It was listed as one of the world's ugliest statues by ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine,<ref name="ugly">{{cite magazine |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/05/the_world_s_ugliest_statues?page=0,4 |title=The World's Ugliest Statues |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106071746/http://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/05/the_world_s_ugliest_statues?page=0,4 |archive-date=January 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |last=Keating |first=Joshua |date=April 5, 2010 |magazine=Foreign Policy}}</ref> while ''[[The New Yorker]]'' said that it looked like "a giant tea biscuit" from a distance.<ref name=finnegan/> Pro Arts Jersey City called it "an insensitive, self-aggrandizing piece of pompousness by one of the world's blatant self-promoters".<ref name="NYT2004"/> |
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In September 2011, a {{Convert|4|ft|m|adj=on}} section of steel from the World Trade Center was placed adjacent to the sculpture.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hack |first=Charles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027073005/http://nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/08/motorcycle_riders_to_escort_pi.html |archive-date=October 27, 2014 |url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/08/motorcycle_riders_to_escort_pi.html | |
In September 2011, a {{Convert|4|ft|m|adj=on}} section of steel from the World Trade Center was placed adjacent to the sculpture.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hack |first=Charles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027073005/http://nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/08/motorcycle_riders_to_escort_pi.html |archive-date=October 27, 2014 |url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/08/motorcycle_riders_to_escort_pi.html |url-status=live |title=Motorcyclists to escort piece of World Trade Center steel to Bayonne memorial site on Sept. 7 |newspaper=The Jersey Journal |date=August 31, 2011 }}</ref> |
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In response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the city of Bayonne had [[Vladimir Putin]]'s name covered on the two plaques in the park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Israel |first=Daniel |date=2022-03-14 |title=Bayonne blocks out Putin's name on 'Teardrop' 9/11 Memorial |url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/03/14/bayonne-blocks-out-putins-name-on-teardrop-9-11-memorial/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Hudson Reporter |language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316003646/https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/03/14/bayonne-blocks-out-putins-name-on-teardrop-9-11-memorial/ |archive-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Empty Sky (memorial)|''Empty Sky'' (memorial)]] |
*[[Empty Sky (memorial)|''Empty Sky'' (memorial)]] |
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*[[Hudson Riverfront 9/11 Memorial]] |
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*[[Jersey City 9/11 Memorial]] |
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*[[Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks]] |
*[[Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:08, 11 October 2024
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| Location | Bayonne, New Jersey, United States |
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| Designer | Zurab Tsereteli |
| Height | 100 feet |
| Beginning date | September 16, 2005 |
| Dedicated date | September 11, 2006 |
To the Struggle Against World Terrorism (also known as the Tear of Grief and the Tear Drop Memorial) is a 10–story sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli that was given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government as a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.[1] It stands at the end of the former Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey. Ceremonial groundbreaking occurred on September 16, 2005, in a ceremony attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin.[2] The monument was dedicated on September 11, 2006, in a ceremony attended by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.[1][3]
Design
[edit]The sculpture comprises a 100-foot (30 m) bronze-clad tower split with a jagged opening in the middle, in which hangs a 40-foot (12 m)-tall nickel-surfaced teardrop.[4][5][1][6] The eleven sides of the monument's base bear granite name plates, on which are etched the names of those who died in the September 11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.[7] However, like some other 9/11 memorials, the dedication was based on an outdated compilation and contains about forty people who were removed from later victim listings.[8]
Tsereteli did not disclose the cost of the sculpture except to say that he paid for labor and materials. A lawyer for the sculptor released the cost at about $12 million.[9] Tsereteli said metals for the sculpture were obtained "From a military factory that did airplanes. In Dzerzhinsk. A secret city."[10]
Further information
[edit]The monument was initially given to the local government of Jersey City, but was rejected.[11] It was then relocated to its present placement in Bayonne.[8] In August 2010 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced it had plans to build a container facility on the location and the monument would most likely have to be moved.[9] However, Robert "Captain Bob" Terzi, a Bayonne taxi driver started an online petition to prevent the relocation.[9]
It was listed as one of the world's ugliest statues by Foreign Policy magazine,[12] while The New Yorker said that it looked like "a giant tea biscuit" from a distance.[10] Pro Arts Jersey City called it "an insensitive, self-aggrandizing piece of pompousness by one of the world's blatant self-promoters".[4]
In September 2011, a 4-foot (1.2 m) section of steel from the World Trade Center was placed adjacent to the sculpture.[13]
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city of Bayonne had Vladimir Putin's name covered on the two plaques in the park.[14]
See also
[edit]- Empty Sky (memorial)
- Hudson Riverfront 9/11 Memorial
- Jersey City 9/11 Memorial
- Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Memorial at Harbor View Park" (PDF). Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2012.
- ^ "Groundbreaking Ceremony: September 16, 2005". 911monument.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "The Unveiling of a New World Monument" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
- ^ a b Applebome, Peter (June 30, 2004). "Our Towns; A Jersey City Teardrop for 9/11, Or a 10-Story Embarrassment?". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism: A History". 911monument.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "Tsereteli's Official Biography". Tsereteli's official webpage. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.
- ^ "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism: A History". 911monument.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2009.
- ^ a b "9/11 Memorial in New Jersey Honors 40 People Too Many". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 10, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ a b c Morley, Mike (October 2011). "White Elephants". Irish American News. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011.
- ^ a b Finnegan, William (June 25, 2007). "On the Waterfront: Monument". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ Miller, Jonathan (January 30, 2005). "Monument In Search Of a Home". The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Keating, Joshua (April 5, 2010). "The World's Ugliest Statues". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on January 6, 2011.
- ^ Hack, Charles (August 31, 2011). "Motorcyclists to escort piece of World Trade Center steel to Bayonne memorial site on Sept. 7". The Jersey Journal. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014.
- ^ Israel, Daniel (2022-03-14). "Bayonne blocks out Putin's name on 'Teardrop' 9/11 Memorial". Hudson Reporter. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
External links
[edit]- WebSite for the Teardrop Memorial — Info & Facts
- PDF Brochure for the Teardrop Memorial — Info & Facts
- Press Release: Teardrop Memorial to be placed at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor at the Wayback Machine (archived March 13, 2012)
- Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority - Monument To the Struggle Against World Terrorism at the Wayback Machine (archived January 14, 2012)
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