An immense stainless steel teardrop hangs inside the crack.
It was a gift an expression of grief from the people of Russia to the US.
Vladimir Putin was himself there when construction began and Bill Clinton attended the dedication ceremony in 2006.
Since then, it has been forgotten.
Peter the Great is a monstrosity it has been called one of the ugliest building in the world.
Thankfully, The Tear Drop Memorial is graceful.
Tsereteli flew to New York shortly after the September 11 attacks and visited Ground Zero.
Instead, he found and settled on a never before seen area of the peninsula at Bayonne.
From this vantage point, the Twin Towers looked almost as if they were in fact one building.
The monument cost $12 million to build which was paid by the artist himself.
Also see:The National 9/11 Memorial Museum
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Sources:The New Yorker/Wikipedia/The Daily Mail
