One of the city’s oldest public squares has been rebuilt. Hanover Square, named in 1714 for King George I, Elector of Hanover, was redesigned by the British Memorial Garden Trust to commemorate the lives of 67 Britons who died in New York on September 11, 2001. The new park space features hand-carved stone from Scotland, plantings from Prince Charles’s estate, and iron bollards from London.
To learn more about the British Memorial Garden, located at William and Pearl Streets, click here.
For more information about the British Memorial Garden, contact Peggy Brown at Friends of the British Memorial Garden at (212) 682-7945 or peggy.brown@britishmemorialgarden.org.
If you have questions about the roadwork around Hanover Square or would like to subscribe to a daily update email list, please contact the community liaison for this project, Scott Payne, at (212) 785-9026 or downtowncommunityrelations@yahoo.com.
The garden is the brainchild of Camilla Hellman, an English native who came to New York in the early 1990s and is now president of the British Memorial Garden Trust. Hellman conceived of the idea as a way to honor the lives lost in the World Trade Center disaster and to signify the United Kingdom’s commitment to Lower Manhattan’s revitalization. She founded the trust in May 2003 and soon after decided that Hanover Square would make a perfect location for a memorial given its proximity to the Trade Center site and its connection to the British monarchy in name and history.
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