Tribute in Light

Assembled on the roof of the Battery Parking Garage south of the 9/11 Memorial, the twin beams reach up to four miles into the sky and are comprised of eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon lightbulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares, echoing the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers. The installation can also be viewed from a 60-mile radius around lower Manhattan.

Tribute in Light was conceived by several artists and designers who were then brought together under the auspices of the Municipal Art Society and Creative Time: John Bennett, Gustavo Boneverdi, Richard Nash Gould, Julian LaVerdiere, and Paul Myoda, with lighting consultant Paul Marantz.

Tribute in Light is produced by Michael Ahern Production Services.

As an extension of Tribute in Light, for the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we once again partnered with New York City Tourism + Conventions and buildings throughout the city who will lit up their facades and rooftops in sky blue. “Tribute in Lights” is a unique but simple gesture of collective remembrance that illuminates the city each year on the evening of September 11 from dusk until dawn.

Participants on the 23rd anniversary included ConEdison, the Empire State Building, Bloomberg L.P., One World Trade Center, The Oculus, PAC NYC, 7 WTC, RXR Realty Buildings, Helmsley Building, Bank of America, New York City Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center, SUMMIT, One Vanderbilt, Javits Center, Barclays Investment Bank, 425 Park Avenue, 75 Battery Place, North Esplanade Battery Park City, New-York Historical Society, New York Comedy Club, The Phoenix at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island, Niagara Falls, The Radio Hotel, Empire State Plaza, State Fairground – Main Gate & Expo Center, Albany International Airport Gateway, Lake Placid Olympic Center, MTA LIRR – East End Gateway at Penn Station, Moynihan Train Hall, Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, The H. Carl McCall SUNY Building, State Education Building, Alfred E. Smith State Office Building, JFK Air Traffic Control Tower, LGA West Parking Garage Façade, Yonkers City Hall,  Boston's 1 Lincoln Street, Prudential Tower, 100 Federal Street, 100 Causeway, Atlantic Wharf, 40 Water Street, and UMass Integrated Science Building, and bridges including the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, Kosciuszko Bridge, “Franklin D. Roosevelt” Mid-Hudson Bridge, Fairport Lift Bridge over the Erie Canal, Goethals Bridge, and the Bayonne Bridge.