photo Hunter — "anniversary"

This sculpture by Fritz Koenig came through

the collapse of the Trade Centers relatively intact, 

and was placed here in Battery Park

exactly six months later.  Found this in Wikipedia: 

 “The Sphere” is 25 feet high and cast in 52 bronze 

segments . . . It was meant to symbolize world peace 

through world trade, and was placed at the center of a ring 

of fountains and other decorative touches designed 

by Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki to mimic the

 Grand Mosque of Mecca, Masjid al-Haram, in 

which The Sphere stood at the place of the Kaaba."

Pretty ironic.

[See more on the "anniversary" theme here.]