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Tribute in Light
Tribute in Light is a commemorative public art installation first presented six months after 9/11 and then every year thereafter, from dusk to dawn, on the night of September 11. It has become an iconic symbol that both honors those killed and celebrates the unbreakable spirit of New York.
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About the Tribute
Assembled on the roof of the Battery Parking Garage south of the 9/11 Memorial, the twin beams reach up to four miles into the sky and are comprised of 88 7,000-watt xenon lightbulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares, echoing the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers. The installation can also be viewed from a 60-mile radius around lower Manhattan.
Tribute in Light was conceived by several artists and designers who were then brought together under the auspices of the Municipal Art Society and Creative Time: John Bennett, Gustavo Boneverdi, Richard Nash Gould, Julian LaVerdiere, and Paul Myoda, with lighting consultant Paul Marantz.
Tribute in Light is produced by Michael Ahern Production Services.
Tribute in Light is Presented By
Partnering with NYC Tourism + Conventions
Join us and buildings throughout the city in lighting up in blue. Tribute in Lights is a unique but simple gesture of collective remembrance that illuminates the night sky each year on the evening of September 11, from dusk until dawn.
To confirm your participation, please complete the form at the bottom of this page.
Participants on the 25th anniversary include:
New York City
- 7 World Trade Center
- 9/11 Living Memorial Grove of Brooklyn
- 425 Park Avenue
- Avid Brooklyn Dyker Heights Hotel
- Brooklyn Botanical Garden
- Corporate Commons Three
- David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
- Empire State Building
- Goethals Bridge
- Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street
- JD Films
- JFK Air Traffic Control Tower
- La Contente Oeste
- LGA East Substation
- LGA East & West Parking Garage Facade
- LGA Terminal C Headhouse
- Mercer Labs
- New York Comedy Club
- One Bryant Park
- One World Observatory
- PHOENIX Roller Coaster at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
- Rockefeller Center
- RXR | The Helmsley Building
- San Pietro Restaurant
- South Street Seaport Museum
- SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
- Westside Theater
New York State
- Yonkers City Hall
United States
- Bayonne Bridge (NJ)
- Capella Tower (Minneapolis, MN)
- Crystal Lake Union Cemetery (IL)
- Illuminate CLE (Cleveland, OH)
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Boston, MA)
- Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (TN)
- Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum (MN)
- Museum Broken Arrow (OK)
- Newark Airport (NJ)
- South Station Tower (Boston, MA)
- Tejas Dalvi - Kaiser Permanente (Eastvale, CA)
- Terminal Towers (Cleveland, OH)
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, CT)
- Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP (Wilmington, DE)
International
- Niagara Falls (Ontario, Canada)
- Parliament of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)