Called "2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor," the commemorative public art installation on September 9 was sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, and pulling it off required coordination with dozens of agencies. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="1536" width="1024" src="https://images.fastcompany.com/...
Called "2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor," the commemorative public art installation on September 9 was sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, and pulling it off required coordination with...
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To remember the lives of the 2,977 people killed in the 9/11 attacks 25 years ago, 2,977 drones were arranged in the shape of the original Minoru Yamasaki-designed World Trade Center at full architectural...
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Called "2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor," the commemorative public art installation on September 9 was sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, and pulling it off required coordination with dozens of agencies. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="1536" width="1024" src="https://images.fastcompany.com/... To remember the lives of the 2,977 people killed in the 9/11 attacks 25 years ago, 2,977 drones were arranged in the shape of the original Minoru Yamasaki-designed World Trade Center at full architectural scale for a temporary memorial.
To remember the lives of the 2,977 people killed in the 9/11 attacks 25 years ago, 2,977 drones were arranged in the shape of the original Minoru Yamasaki-designed World Trade Center at full architectural scale for a temporary memorial. One of the biggest challenges was finding a suitable launch location. [Image: courtesy Sky Elements Drones] "We need a lot of space to set the drones down," Kyle Pivnick, vice president of Texas-based Sky Elements Drones, tells Fast Company, noting that thousands of hours went into finding the right path to bring the memorial to life.
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