9/11/19 Memorial Ceremony
photo credit: Richard E. Santaga
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resantaga@earthlink.net
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Presently, the Park is closed for major reconstruction.
The estimated time for completion is Summer 2020. Thank you for your patience.
To all our volunteers: thank you for all your efforts during the 2018 season! Your hard work every Tuesday morning helped to maintain our beautiful park. A special thanks to Al and Peggy of the DeMatteis Foundation.
TRIBUTE PARK
Rockaway, New York
Sponsored by Friends of Tribute Park
P.O. Box 940214
Rockaway, NY 11694
718-233-2590
friendsoftributepark@msn.com
TRIBUTE PARK
Rockaway, New York
Sponsored by Friends of Tribute Park
P.O. Box 940214
Rockaway, NY 11694
718-233-2590
friendsoftributepark@msn.com
Reconstruction Progress
photo credit: Richard E. Santaga
(unless otherwise noted)
resantaga@earthlink.net
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May 2019
(27 photos)
June 2019
(31 photos)
October 2019
(4 photos)
November 2019
(6 photos)
January 2020
(4 photos)
June 2020
(6 photos)
Volunteers 2018
photo credit: Richard E. Santaga
resantaga@earthlink.net
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History
In the days after the WTC attack on September 11, 2001, when it became clear that Rockaway was perhaps the hardest hit community in the city, a group of Rockaway activists sat down to plan a memorial for the locals who died in the attack.
Everybody agreed that the perfect site was a triangle on the bay at Beach 116 Street, an empty lot belonging to the city's Parks Department, from which many Rockaway residents watched the Twin Towers burn and then fall.
On November 6, 2005, after a lot of hard work, the park opened without its signature cupola which was added five months later.
The Wave, September 2009
Everybody agreed that the perfect site was a triangle on the bay at Beach 116 Street, an empty lot belonging to the city's Parks Department, from which many Rockaway residents watched the Twin Towers burn and then fall.
On November 6, 2005, after a lot of hard work, the park opened without its signature cupola which was added five months later.
The Wave, September 2009
Mission Statement
The park was created to serve as a tribute, not a memorial, to those Rockaway residents who died in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. The intention was to provide a place where community members can reflect on their lost loved ones and find comfort to move on with their lives.
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