In partnership with ARTonAIR.org the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) presents recordings of the 2011 edition of its popular Access Restricted series with a fourth installment, Lower Manhattan Revealed.
As the history of the Financial District is increasingly memorialized and its future debated, one might wonder what of its history has been forgotten or overlooked. In six programs taking place at restricted sites, artists, writers, and scholars whose own work has focused on the area will discuss significant cultural phenomena from the history of Lower Manhattan.
In this segment, recorded January 19, 2011 on the 45th Floor of 7 World Trade Center, a conversation between Clifford Chanin, Founder of The Legacy Project and Steven Davis, a FAIA, managing partner of the architectural firm Davis Brody Bond Aedas, and designer of the National September 11 Museum at the World Trade Center. They address these considerations:
What are global issues of art in the aftermath of trauma and how does cultural memory inform design such as that of the National September 11 Memorial Museum? Completed in 2006, 7 World Trade Center replaced the last building to fall on 9/11 and offers not only a bird’s-eye view of Ground Zero construction, but also a panoramic outlook.
