WORLD FOUNTAIN AND 9/11 MEMORIAL PROJECT
December 2009
An application, in conjunction with the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce, was submitted to the Port Authority of New York in order to receive an artifact from the World Trade Towers. A presentation was made to the Martin County Commissioners Dec. 1 meeting and they subsequently wrote a letter of support for the project.
June 2010
We received approval notification that a piece has been selected for our community! We are one of only 3,000 recipients world-wide. The artifact is a section of two I-Beams still bolted together, yet exhibiting the stress from that event through its distorted bend. It is approx. 4’x3’x3’ and weighs 1,090 lbs.
December 7, 2010
The Martin County Commissioners voted to assume ownership of the artifact from the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce.
2011
A short list of potential local sites to permanently host this piece was ascertained with the assistance of the NAC (Neighborhood Advisory Committe), workshops with the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency), the Martin County Parks Department and the Martin County Board of Commissioners. The sites reviewed included: Civic Center, Library, Post Office, South County Ball Park and FireStation #32.
Sept. 3, 2011
The World Trade Tower structural steel artifact finally arrived from NYC to Martin County.
Sept. 9, 2011
Martin County approved a site selection for this project on the front lawn of the Hobe Sound Fire Station #32, facing west onto Federal Highway - just south of Bridge Road. The piece was escorted down to Hobe Sound for temporary viewing on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It stood alongside of the annual sunrise-sunset American Flags presentation on Bridge Road organized by Tom Fucigna for the past 9 years.
2012
The Design Development process began with Scott Hughes of hughesumbanhowar architects, Joe Capra of Captec Engineering, Bert Krebs of Innocenti & Webel Landscape Architects.
2013
The enhanced project design was systematically presented to various county departments for review and input.
Current
The process through the various stages of County procedural reviews has continued to be slow. We anticipate some positive progress news to report soon! The World Trade Tower structural steel artifact is currently stored at the Martin County facility on Runke Street, between Willoughby & Indian Streets in Stuart.
An application, in conjunction with the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce, was submitted to the Port Authority of New York in order to receive an artifact from the World Trade Towers. A presentation was made to the Martin County Commissioners Dec. 1 meeting and they subsequently wrote a letter of support for the project.
June 2010
We received approval notification that a piece has been selected for our community! We are one of only 3,000 recipients world-wide. The artifact is a section of two I-Beams still bolted together, yet exhibiting the stress from that event through its distorted bend. It is approx. 4’x3’x3’ and weighs 1,090 lbs.
December 7, 2010
The Martin County Commissioners voted to assume ownership of the artifact from the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce.
2011
A short list of potential local sites to permanently host this piece was ascertained with the assistance of the NAC (Neighborhood Advisory Committe), workshops with the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency), the Martin County Parks Department and the Martin County Board of Commissioners. The sites reviewed included: Civic Center, Library, Post Office, South County Ball Park and FireStation #32.
Sept. 3, 2011
The World Trade Tower structural steel artifact finally arrived from NYC to Martin County.
Sept. 9, 2011
Martin County approved a site selection for this project on the front lawn of the Hobe Sound Fire Station #32, facing west onto Federal Highway - just south of Bridge Road. The piece was escorted down to Hobe Sound for temporary viewing on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It stood alongside of the annual sunrise-sunset American Flags presentation on Bridge Road organized by Tom Fucigna for the past 9 years.
2012
The Design Development process began with Scott Hughes of hughesumbanhowar architects, Joe Capra of Captec Engineering, Bert Krebs of Innocenti & Webel Landscape Architects.
2013
The enhanced project design was systematically presented to various county departments for review and input.
Current
The process through the various stages of County procedural reviews has continued to be slow. We anticipate some positive progress news to report soon! The World Trade Tower structural steel artifact is currently stored at the Martin County facility on Runke Street, between Willoughby & Indian Streets in Stuart.
DESIGN CONCEPT
To have an actual World Trade Towers structural steel piece here brings on undeniable local immediacy, national reverence and gravitas to the memorial aspect. The 48" W x 36" L, 1090 lb. artifact is a section of two massive I-beams bolted together and were the connection of a vertical and horizontal support between wall and floor. They are bent from the architectural strain sustained during the collapse.
The triangular footprint is a naturally powerful geometric shape representing the primary event points of NY, DC & PA, as well as a visually abstract acknowledgement on different points of view. It is intended for the measurements to meet the qualities of a Golden Mean/Ratio isosceles triangle.
The water feature aims to reflect the multitude of iconographic facets associated with that life-giving element; as a fundamental tool of firemen, addressing the tears from that day’s sorrow, to invoke ongoing remembrance with its continuity of flow, and to refresh our spirits with its elegant representation of hope springing eternal.
The inclusion of a world map is a key element referring to the global impact of the September 11th events. In so far as that day ‘turned our world’ upside-down’, choosing a relatively non-familiar visual of the world isthmian to be thought provoking. The selected projection version is Buckminster Fuller’s ‘Dymaxion’ Map. Its particular perspective as a contiguous land mass is cartographically true and one of the most geometrically accurate, undistorted continental representations possible… 90 nationalities suffered the loss of their citizens on that day and this is a reminder that in reality we are not stand-alone countries, who gain from perpetuating a psychological separatism field by the misconception of geographical isolation.
In the spirit of our shared humanity, 194 indigenous stones, on received from each sovereign nation, will be placed in this map. These pieces of rock, donated from around the world, lend this setting the authentic international context in which we all live our lives, and will be the only place in existence where you can actually stand in one place and touch each country!
The triangular footprint is a naturally powerful geometric shape representing the primary event points of NY, DC & PA, as well as a visually abstract acknowledgement on different points of view. It is intended for the measurements to meet the qualities of a Golden Mean/Ratio isosceles triangle.
The water feature aims to reflect the multitude of iconographic facets associated with that life-giving element; as a fundamental tool of firemen, addressing the tears from that day’s sorrow, to invoke ongoing remembrance with its continuity of flow, and to refresh our spirits with its elegant representation of hope springing eternal.
The inclusion of a world map is a key element referring to the global impact of the September 11th events. In so far as that day ‘turned our world’ upside-down’, choosing a relatively non-familiar visual of the world isthmian to be thought provoking. The selected projection version is Buckminster Fuller’s ‘Dymaxion’ Map. Its particular perspective as a contiguous land mass is cartographically true and one of the most geometrically accurate, undistorted continental representations possible… 90 nationalities suffered the loss of their citizens on that day and this is a reminder that in reality we are not stand-alone countries, who gain from perpetuating a psychological separatism field by the misconception of geographical isolation.
In the spirit of our shared humanity, 194 indigenous stones, on received from each sovereign nation, will be placed in this map. These pieces of rock, donated from around the world, lend this setting the authentic international context in which we all live our lives, and will be the only place in existence where you can actually stand in one place and touch each country!
PARTIAL LIST OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT
- A dedicated account has been set up at Seacoast National Bank for this Landmark ARTS project.
- This project received a 2011 grant award from Women Supporting the Arts.
- Scott Hughes & Dustin Grady of hughesumbanhowar architects are the architects of record.
- Joseph Capra & Harold Tourjee of Captec Engineering are the engineers of record.
- Don Atkinson of Archetype Engineering assisting with the initial site plan and construction elements.
- Bert Krebs, landscape architect with Innocenti & Webel will create the landscape design.
- Forest Hills and Young & Prill have offered to provide the funding for a plaque.
- Classic Welding Arts will provide the welding of the artifact to it’s base.
- Jennifer Zurowski offered to facilitate a Peter O’Neil lithograph titled “two Minutes of Silence” to Station #32 link to this painting’s site:
- Rick & Jan Otten’s Dance & Sound offered to provide the sound system for the dedication Ceremony.
- Hobe Sound’s own Suzan Binder will share the song she wrote for America in the days following September 11, 2001.
- The 9.11 First Responders of the Treasure Coast have been instrumental in the transport of Hobe Sound’s piece from the NY/NJ Port Authority
- A Hobe Sound Murals donation from FPL will be applied for the map portion of this project.
- Frenchy’s Crane Service provided the professional lifting service of the steel artifact from the NYC/Florida cross country transport to the county vehicle trailer. Owner, Steve Beausoleil did this free of charge.
