they are opening the 9-11 memtorial to the familys today... the publc wll be allowed in.. later n the week..
here the memoral is two large fountains.. about an acre each.. these sit in the footprint where the twin towers sat.. around the edges of these gigantic holes.. now covered in black graniite the water flows down into the holes... above and around the fountains are a forest of 400 trees.. in containers... now about 15' tall/ but they could grow to some 60 ' in the containers... I don't guess they wll be repotting them.. or potting them on.. I don't think they wll be moved and planted n the ground.. as there's a bunch of things underground.. and lttle of it is soil..
these containers of these mostly swamp oaks.. are irrigated.. and watered indivigually.. ths watering is controled for each tree .. by computer chips n the soil.. and will water them when they are dry.. with each tree controling this watering for themselves.. to themselves..
here's a link to these containers/fountains..
http://www.boston.com/travel/g...
we'lll be watching from my rooftop.. as I was 10 years ago..when I saw them disolve into the ground..
Gordon I moved a copy of the 9-11 Memorial Containers here into your first post, so it will show as a thumbnail for this thread. Great photo of the structure of the containers. : )
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