Full circle for 9/11-hit sculpture

Koenig Sphere, which stood between World Trade Center’s towers and was damaged on 9/11, is taken on truck (below) from temporary spot in Battery Park to installation (r.) at Liberty Park. A 25-ton, bronze sphere damaged by the collapsing World Trade Center is finally being returned to a spot overlooking the rebuilt site. Workers on Wednesday began hoisting sections of the Koenig Sphere into its permanent home at the new Liberty Park overlooking the 9/11 memorial. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey last year approved plans to move the sculpture from its temporary place in Battery Park. The sphere once stood between the Trade Center’s two towers.

The late German artist Fritz Koenig created the work commissioned by the Port Authority. It was dedicated in Battery Park in 2002, with an eternal flame honoring the more than 2,700 people who died on 9/11.