The Newark Star-Ledger reports today on a lawsuit seeking to block construction of a 9/11 memorial in Liberty State Park:
"The lawsuit, filed with the Appellate Division in Trenton on Monday ..., says the state Department of Environmental Protection authorized a permit that neither fit the project nor required public comment. 'There were no hearings, no newspaper notices, no public comment, period,' said Cynthia A. Hadjiyannis, an attorney who filed the lawsuit on behalf of The Friends of Liberty State Park, an organization of 900 volunteers. 'The DEP took some shortcuts that led to the public being excluded from this process.'"
The memorial, known as "Empty Sky," was designed by New York architect Frederic Schwartz. Here is a description, with computer-generated renderings, from Schwartz's website. Here is a 2004 piece from Art in America by David Ebony.
