By Sarah Grothjan 6/29/12 2:40pm

Faux-gress

The sphere (Getty Images)

Neither Sphere Nor There: Port Authority Wants Sculpture, Just Not Sure Where

When it comes to anything World Trade Center progress moves at a notoriously glacial pace. But the decision of what to do with Fritz Koenig’s Sphere—damaged and dented, but still intact after the WTC attacks— has been excruciatingly slow, even by World Trade Center standards.

Still, as of Thursday, a small bit of progress was made when Pat Foye, executive director of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said he believes the sphere should be made part of the World Trade Center memorial, The Wall Street Journal reported. Read More

By Matt Chaban 5/25/12 6:22pm

The Neverending Story

The Sphere, homeless. (Getty Images)

Where’s Fritz Koenig’s Ground Zero Sphere Going? The Port Authority’s Still Working on That

Two weeks ago, Port Authority executive director Pat Foye announced that the agency had found a new home for Fritz Koenig’s Sphere, the sculpture that once graced the middle of the World Trade Center plaza and was nearly destroyed on 9/11. After the attacks, the giant bronze orb, now greatly dented but otherwise intact, was installed in Battery Park City, viewed by many as a sign of the city’s resilience.

“Next week, the Port Authority will announce a new temporary home for the Koenig, the iconic bronze sculpture that miraculously survived the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center,” read an email that showed up unprompted in newsrooms across the city on May 11.

Only thing is, that week, as well as this week, have come and gone without any further news. Read More

By Matt Chaban 4/09/12 10:42am

Road Rage

Curse those bikes!

Bikes Desecrate 9/11: Lane to Blamed for Moving Survivor Sphere

So the Battery Conservancy wants to move The Sphere, Fritz Koenig’s sculpture that survived the attacks and has called the park home for a decade. The conservancy defends the decision because it is holding up long-planned renovations to the park, which have taken place everywhere but on the site of The Sphere, the installation of which was always meant to be permanent.

The hope was the sculpture would be reinstalled at the World Trade Center site, but as that project has dragged on, and uncertainty continues, its fate is now uncertain. The sculpture moves to JFK this week, and will hopefully find a home at the site, possibly on a park planned for the space where the old Deutsche Bank Building used to stand.

Whose to blame here, though? Read More