Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

# A Memorial With Many Rooms

Final details are still taking shape, but the memorial will include many more elements than Michael Arad originally proposed. A current version includes underground levels (right), with a large memorial hall and information center, and a private room for relatives of the victims.

## Memorial Hall and Reflecting Pool Level

Descending on ramps from the memorial park, visitors enter a large memorial hall. Galleries allow passage around the pools, but visitors are also free to exit the hall.

The center of the pool is open to the contemplation room below.

The lowest level of the complex in the footprint of the North Tower includes a public contemplation room and a private room for victims' families. Unidentified remains are also on this level.

## Bedrock Level

A 100,000-square-foot memorial center extending to a section of the slurry wall contains relics of Sept. 11 and tells the story of both the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Sept. 11 attack.