Just like the 9/11 Memorial, the annual Tribute in Light, is also facing financial struggles and without enough money, could end up going dark. Each year, the group that operates the bird disrupting beams has to scramble to cover the hundreds of thousands of dollars it costs to maintain. The Municipal Art Society scraped the funds together for this year’s 10th anniversary, but is currently asking the public to donate. (Photo: Marisa Soto)
According to The Daily, Mayor Bloomberg is engaged in “secret negotiations” with HBO to sponsor a concert in Central Park featuring Bon Jovi and other musical acts that can only be appreciated by baby boomers on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Hasn’t the city suffered enough?
So it’s 8:45 p.m. or so, the night of 9/11, and Diane Sawyer taps me on the shoulder. I’m standing in front of Pace University, and I guess she saw the shitty camcorder I’m holding. Diane asks me to join her film crew; there’s evidently a “media blackout” around Ground Zero, and they need some guerrilla camera work. They give me a paper towel roll to conceal the camera, and I tuck it under my arm and basically shoot from the hip. Read more »
All the construction at Ground Zero is way behind schedule, but at least tourists will be able to buy pins and other memorabilia in an official souvenir shop? That’s right. 9/11 fans will be able to score “memorial pins, books, and DVDs.” Located north of the World Trade Center, there will also be live webcams for construction voyeurs and recording booths for the public to lay down their September 11th stories. All the proceeds will be used to fund the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which shockingly is now resorting to retail sales to raise money. |AP|
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