The Observer will be reporting throughout the day from the commemoration of the 9/11 memorial at ground zero. Check back for updates, but in the meantime, enjoy this tour.
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Construction Of The National 9/11 Memorial And Museum
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 12, 2011: (EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) Swamp White Oak trees bloom as construction continues on the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero in Manhattan August 12, 2011 in New York City. The site is where the World Trade Center stood before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (Photo by Steven Rosenbaum/Getty Images)
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Construction Of The National 9/11 Memorial And Museum
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 12, 2011 : (EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) Inside the Museum Pavilion at the WTC Memorial as construction continues at Ground Zero in Manhattan August 12, 2011 in New York City. The site is where the World Trade Center stood before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (Photo by Steven Rosenbaum/Getty Images)
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The 9/11 Memorial is set to open tomorrow, following a commemeration on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 today.
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A worker puts the finishing touches on the underside of a reflecting pool placard.
9 September 2011-Two days before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Freedom Tower rises above the World Trade Center site as a worker prepares the site for Sunday's memorial ceremonies. Photo Credit: Sipa Press
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One of the placards, baring the names of the victims, with the museum pavilion in the background. The museum opens next year.
NEW YORK,NY - AUGUST 30, 2011: (EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) The bronze parapets is seen at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero in Manhattan on August 30, 2011 in New York City. The names of the nearly 3,000 individuals who were killed in the September 11 attacks in New York City, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, and the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing is inscribed on the bronze parapets surrounding the two one-acre sized pools, the former footprints of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, The 9/11 Memorial Museum is slated to open in September 2012. (Photo by Steven Rosenbaum/Getty Images)
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One of the marquee features of the memorial plaza are the 450 trees, the work of landscape architect Peter Walker.
NEW YORK,NY - AUGUST 30, 2011: (EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) A grove of Swamp White Oak trees bloom as construction continues on the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero in Manhattan on August 30, 2011 in New York City. The site is where the World Trade Center stood before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (Photo by Steven Rosenbaum/Getty Images)
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A model of the plaza when complete.
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Mr. Walker was brought on to help young architect Michael Arad conceive of the plan.
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Installing the trees.
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The trees growing at a nursery in New Jersey.
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Hoisting one of hundreds of trees into place.
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The complex watering and drainage system.
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Testing the reflecting pools, the centerpiece of Michael Arad's design.
9 September 2011-Two days before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the World Trade Center site. Photo Credit: Sipa Press
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A worker cleans up the site in front of the memorial pavilion.
9 September 2011-Two days before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, workers prepare the World Trade Center site for Sunday's memorial service. Photo Credit: Sipa Press
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1 World Trade Center continues to rise.
9 September 2011-Two days before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Freedom Tower (left) rises above the World Trade Center site. Photo Credit: Sipa Press
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Through the trees.
The Freedom Tower stands high over the World Trade Center as work continues at the World Trade Center site on August 4, 2011 in New York. The memorial is scheduled to be dedicated on September 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
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The site is still a hive of activity, with construction set to proceed for years.
<> on August 24, 2011 in New York City.
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A construction worker takes a moment's respite on the memorial.
9 September 2011-Two days before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, workers ready the World Trade Center site. Photo Credit: Sipa Press
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