17/06/2026
Now I didn't know this before visiting the Oculus on our visit to NYC
" The Oculus was positioned as part of the World Trade Center master plan by Daniel Libeskind and designed by Santiago Calatrava.
The structure’s white metal-clad steel ribs reach up and out in a monumental move symbolic of a hand releasing a dove.
The structure's orientation serves as a lasting reminder of the attacks of September 11, 2001. It is in alignment with the sun’s solar angles on each September 11, from 8:46 am, when the first plane struck, until 10:28 am, when the second tower collapsed. Its central skylight fits this alignment and washes the Oculus floor with a beam of light named a "Wedge of Light" that moves across the floor and illuminates two parallel columns of light at the time of the attacks of the original Twin Towers "
