Irish Hunger Memorial
In lower Manhattan, in Battery Park City, is the Irish Hunger Memorial by artist Brian Tolle. It floats above the ground- It's as if a piece of Ireland dropped down from the sky. This area, Battery Park City, was created from landfill that was excavated from the World Trade Center site, when it was being constructed. I think the planners of the 9/11 site should look here, just up the street, to see a good example of a moving, powerful memorial. Look below- the cluster of trees at the end of this street is the churchyard of St. Paul's chapel. Immediately in front of that, between us and the churchyard, is Ground Zero.
Washington Square Attics. On the north side of Washington Square, in Greenwich Village, is a beautiful row of town houses. These were bulit for wealthy New Yorkers in the Greek Revival style. When these were built, in the 1830's, a lot of people thought Greek-inspired architecture was the way to go for the young American republic. Basically, people thought the Greeks liked democracy, and we liked democracy... therefore, because the Greeks used columns, we should use columns.
