Crescent of Shame - revisited
Nov 30th, 2005 by Mark
The memorial to the crash of “Flight 93” has been redesigned amidst a huge outcry of protest. The original design was offensive due to a crescent shape in the design. The designers are still unrepentant.
Paul Murdoch, president of Paul Murdoch Architects, which designed the memorial, had called the criticism of the crescent an “unfortunate diversion,” but said they were sensitive to the concerns.
No he is sensitive to losing out on designing the memorial. If he were sensitive to the issue in the first place, he would have never designed such a hideous design.
original offensive design
The Parks dept, and the designer don’t seem to ‘get it’. What a shock. They tried to silence us but failed. So they give us this?
Looks like visual trickery and marketing to me.
**** Very Good Analysis of the site ***
*** Background ***
- Memorial Site
- We Are Making A Difference
- Crescent of Shame
- compared to a crescent – seems obvious
- compared to Tunisia’s flag – ditto
- azimuth direction comparison – hmmm
- voice your outrage – Maybe they are listening, now.
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