The Hiroshima Monument and the 9-11 Memorial

There's something that strikes me that's different here that makes these memorials literal Opposites of each other One is a hole in the ground. The other one is a structure that survived the bomb Yeah, I feel like that really makes an emotional difference This is a building that was not destroyed by the bomb. And this area of the city is sort of dead for use because even if you're looking at it from the satellite picture from above It gives you a false sense of how park like there are trees But the trees are all pretty far apart and it's all concrete below those trees So there is there is no way that that space is usable as a park. It is a real void