5. Liberty Park


Located on the World Trade Center site, the elevated Liberty Park opened in 2016 south of the 9/11 Memorial. It is bookended by the construction site of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which is under pause due to financial issues, and the refurbished Liberty Street pedestrian bridge, a remnant from the original World Trade Center site. The elevated nature of the park serves as a practical necessity for the Port Authority as inside and under the park is the World Trade Center vehicle security depot.

Amidst the landscaping is the World Trade Center sphere by Fritz Koenig, which was recovered from the rubble of the 9/11 attacks, moved for about fifteen years to The Battery, and moved back in 2017.  Another sculpture at Liberty Park is the America’s Response Monument, an equestrian statue that monument contains a fragment of steel from the World Trade Center. It was commissioned anonymously by a group of Wall Street bankers who had lost friends in 9/11. The statue honors those in the American armed forces that served in response to 9/11.