A portion of the building's wall remains at a far corner of the rectangle. On that wall is a list of survivors. The walkway running around the grassy area is paved with stones recovered from the Murrah building. The street where Timothy McVeigh parked a rental truck with 4,900 pounds of explosives has been turned into a memorial reflecting pool. Its black granite bottom creates an illusion of depth when in fact the water is less than an inch deep, posing a real problem for water fowl that attempt to land there.
Water trickles over the edge of the black granite creating a soothing waterfall sound.
The pool stretches the length of the green rectangle. An orchard honoring rescue workers and volunteers lies next to the pool opposite the memorial field of chairs. Above that orchard stands the Survivors' Tree, an American Elm tree that survived the blast and became a symbol of hope for the city and the symbol of the memorial. The chain link fence that had surrounded the blast site has become part of the memorial with the mementos left by victim's families and friends. Oklahoma City's National Memorial is the result of years of listening to the desires and wishes of affected families.