The names of the eight finalists in the competition for the World Trade Center memorial were made known yesterday; it is the largest competition ever held, with 5200 participants from 63 countries.

While the jury is choosing the winner and the finalists are back at work developing their initial proposals, from today their projects will be on show to all, at the Winter Garden (and there they will remain until the jury makes its decision).

The eight designers and groups of designers – most from the United States – include those who suggest creating an almost magical atmosphere using thousands of suspended lights (one for each victim), those who have made water the dominant feature, and others who have come up with a green garden, and even stone. All the projects, however, share one feature – the inclusion of a list naming all the victims of the attacks one by one (those of 11 September 2001 and that of 1993 at the World Trade Center).

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