Wender·Vista
One World Trade Center with 9/11 memorial pools
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew York
in Lower Manhattan, on the sixteen acres of the original site

One World Trade Center with 9/11 memorial pools

— — a tower that rises where two towers stood.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“One World Trade rises to 1,776 feet at the northwest corner of the sixteen-acre site, and the two memorial pools sit in the exact footprints of the towers that fell on September 11, 2001. The water runs over the edge in a sheet thirty feet down, then drops again into a square that has no visible bottom. The names of the 2,977 dead are cut into the bronze parapet around the pools. The plaza holds a hush a city block deep.

from the studio
One World Trade Center with 9/11 memorial pools
— bring it home

One World Trade Center with 9/11 memorial pools, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about One World Trade Center with 9/11 memorial pools

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

One World Trade Center stands at the northwest corner of the sixteen-acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan and rises to a symbolic 1,776 feet, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. It was designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and opened in 2014. The two reflecting pools of the National September 11 Memorial occupy the precise footprints of the Twin Towers destroyed on September 11, 2001, and were designed by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker under the title Reflecting Absence.

— the water

Each pool measures roughly one acre and sits 30 feet below plaza grade, with water sheeting in a continuous fall down all four sides and then dropping again into a smaller square void at the centre whose bottom is not visible from the parapet. The pair are the largest manmade waterfalls in North America. The 2,977 names of those killed on September 11, 2001, and the six killed in the February 26, 1993 bombing are cut through 152 bronze panels around the pool edges and back-lit at night.

— informed by 9/11 Memorial — design
— the visit

The memorial plaza is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and free to visit. Timed-entry tickets are required for the 9/11 Memorial Museum below grade, designed by Davis Brody Bond, and for the One World Observatory on the 100th through 102nd floors of the tower. Oculus, the white-ribbed Santiago Calatrava transit hub across Greenwich Street, opened in 2016 and connects PATH, the subway, and the World Trade Center retail concourse.

— informed by 9/11 Memorial — visit
— where
United States · Manhattan, New York
— position
40.7127° N · 74.0134° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
at the lake
Oculus transit hub
transit hub
1 km S
Battery Park
park
1 km E
Brooklyn Bridge
bridge
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One World Trade Center with 9/11 memorial pools
Oculus transit hub
Battery Park
Brooklyn Bridge
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about One World Trade Center with 9/11 memorial pools — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

1,776 feet to the top of the spire, a deliberate reference to the year of American independence. The roof itself reaches 1,368 feet, the height of the original North Tower. It is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

One World Trade Center was designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and completed in 2014. The memorial pools, titled Reflecting Absence, were designed by architect Michael Arad with landscape architect Peter Walker and dedicated in 2011.

Each pool occupies the exact footprint of one of the original Twin Towers. The water falls 30 feet down four sides into a central void with no visible bottom — an architectural rendering of absence rather than a traditional monument.

2,983 in total — the 2,977 killed on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on the four hijacked aircraft, plus the six killed in the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The names are cut through bronze panels around the pool edges.

The eight-acre memorial plaza is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is free. The 9/11 Memorial Museum and the One World Observatory both require timed-entry tickets, and the plaza, museum, and Oculus transit hub are all step-free.

The white-ribbed transit hub designed by Santiago Calatrava that opened in 2016 across Greenwich Street from the memorial. It connects PATH commuter rail, several subway lines, and the underground retail concourse beneath the trade center site.

— about the piece in your home

It has been for many of our customers in both. The piece is treated with care and the memorial pools are rendered as the architects intended — as a place of reflection. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

Modern, contemporary urban, and warm minimalist rooms. The slate, bronze, and night-sky tones of the artwork sit beside steel, walnut, and concrete without competing.

Yes. Architectural night studies in painterly treatment suit the current warm-minimalist and modern-industrial directions. The Large reads well as a single statement above a console or in a hallway.

Above a sofa, a single Large or a 4-tile Mural at room scale. Above a console, a Medium centred. A 9-tile Mural is best reserved for stair walls and tall entries where the verticality of the tower can read.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin protective layer and is unbothered by steam, splash, or temperature change.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water. No solvents, no abrasives, no ammonia. The surface is durable, and the cloth keeps the finish even across the tile.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. Nothing is licensed in or resold; Reid Wender curates the atlas and the studio hand-finishes each tile.

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