This new documentary, linking objects around 9/11 with people’s experiences, airs 9/11 at 12:30 am.
See a trailer about the film; see stills of the objects talked about. More info at Objects and Memory site. Produced in conjunction with the NY Historical Society.

Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers’ collapse make new buildings safer? In 2006, Nova broadcast an episode all about how September 11 changed building technologies in regards to fire prevention, evacuation procedures, and structural stability. Their site has articles about the Towers themselves, an amazing survival story and other features.

A look at some of the local memorials commemorating 9/11 and the people who made them. Watch video (realplayer only). See NY Voices site.

The documentary about Petit’s legendary World Trade Center aerial walk opened in theaters last week; watch this post-9/11 NY Voices segment with Petit talking about art and dreams. Read more about the documentary.

From “The Gates” in Central Park to “Tribute in Light” at the World Trade Center site, public art has provoked a variety of intense reactions from New Yorkers and brought millions of visitors to the city. Watch the documentary about public art in NYC, including Olafur Eliasson’s “The Waterfalls.”

In 2002, Marianna Koval and her colleagues at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition organized an effort to plant 25,000 daffodil bulbs in the shape of two towers on the Brooklyn waterfront. A tribute to those lost on September 11, the memorial garden was part of a citywide undertaking that turned into the largest volunteer horticulture [...]

Comic Con kicks off this Friday at the Javits Center. If you’re disappointed that Pulitzer Prize-winning artist/writer Art Spiegelman isn’t scheduled to appear, head over to NEW YORK VOICES online and read an interview with the New York-based artist about the ability of comics to tackle serious and tragic subject matter.