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Pop-Up Art Exhibit In Battery Park Pays Tribute To 9/11 Victims

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A new temporary art installation in Battery Park is paying tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as the 10th anniversary approaches.

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Located in the Garden of Remembrance and facing the water just north of the Staten Island Ferry terminal is the pop-up installation "September 11th Tenth Anniversary Reflections."

It features 10 panels, each of which represents one of the 10 years since the attacks, according to Valerie Ghent, a NYC
musician who founded Feel the Music!, a NYC arts nonprofit that partnered with Tribute WTC Visitor Center on this public art project.

1010 WINS' Stan Brooks reports: Messages Of Peace, Love and Healing

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The "reflections" were gathered in July from people who live and work in Lower Manhattan, in several different downtown locations. Those messages and images now hang throughout the park between bamboo frame panels.

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9/11 Tenth Anniversary Reflections in Battery Park - New York, NY - Aug 4, 2011 (credit: Steve Knight / WCBS 880)

"We saw, over and over again, for many people, was that they said it opened up a door to things they may have never said before," said Ghent.

The messages are focused on peace, love and healing. Phrases include "Heal the World," "We Will Never Forget," and "May It Never Happen Again."

Battery Park Exhibit
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"The more we relate, the more we reach out, the more we touch people, the more our lives will improve, their lives will improve and the world will improve," Jim O'Shay, a local resident, said. "Hopefully, we'll avoid these kinds of tragedies going forward."

While the exhibit is being taken down Friday at 5 p.m., organizers hope to make it a part of the permanent 9/11 memorial.

Meanwhile, a contract dispute this week slowed construction of the new World Trade Center.

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