The sculpture, Tempered By Memory, was dedicated in 2012, with site work continuing through spring 2013.
Description via the Saratoga Arts website:
In the spring of 2010, Saratoga Arts was contacted and encouraged by officers stationed at the Saratoga Springs Naval Support Unit about bringing steel artifacts from the World Trade Center towers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s storage terminal at JFK up to Saratoga Springs. Out of our initial conversations came a shared vision: to create a forward-looking work of contemporary art that equally serves as a monument to 9/11.
Due to their passionate enthusiasm, long years of experience with large-scale projects, and aesthetic talent, we selected the team of John Van Alstine and Noah Savett to execute the project. Together with a volunteer team of iron workers, crane opperators and a broad range of community-wide support, the artists completed the 9/11 Memorial Sculpture in the Summer of 2011 and will be installed this year.
Tempered By Memory is the result of our efforts.
Tom Frost, founder and principal of Frost Architecture worked with Mike Ingersoll of The LA Group to design a plan for High Rock Park that integrates the naturalistic setting with the memorial sculpture and connects the work to the natural and historical assets of the area. The rock escarpment behind Tempered By Memory is a bold and unique feature that will strongly offset the monument, and paths connecting the other features of the park will now encourage visitors to meander, explore and spend more time there.
Tempered By Memory has always been ‘for the community, from the community,’ and we thank all of our generous supporters for helping us make that happen!
*Photos c/o the LA group.
