Unlike other contemporary memorials that come across as grandiose or forbidding, the June 5th Memorial is a simple yet contemplative and inviting memorial, stitching sacred objects of memorialization into the urban fabric.

Embracing the edges of the sacred room of the memorial, three black granite megaliths stone stand proud, marking in-situ a constant reminder to building and demolition safety. The victim families chose the six transparent colored windows, illuminated at night with fiber optic lighting. The seventh window is left open without glass with a simple inscription above, “For Those, We Remember.”

At night, the sacred space transforms into a star-lit galaxy. The small aggregate phosphorous stones use solar light for their soft blue glow illumination. The 6" round colored ground lights are keyed with the colored windows, marking the exact location of the bodies. The spiral concrete was the last element constructed on the site and installed by the victim families who seeded the glow stones into the concrete.

The June 5th memorial’s second room, the gathering place, is a raised plaza with six symbolic honey locust trees with the historic College of Physicians in the background. Highlighting the textures of memory, the material pallet consists of a natural bronze perforated screen, gray granite finished in three ways (high polish, thermal flame, and rough cut), and the hardscape surface features exposed gray-tinted concrete with white marble chips.

The Memorial Stones is interactive and contemplative with a provocative message about building and demolition safety to future generations. The low granite walls provide a seating space carve-out from the urban fabric for a sacred and intimate space for conversation, contemplation, reflection, and remembering.

Gazing through the colored glass windows is one of the ways the public interacts with this memorial. Seeing the city through the color filters is a way of engaging with the memory of the past and present, simultaneously witnessing events that have happened through the color lens of the demolition victims.

The June 5th memorial's low wall garden with xeriscaping planting provides a vibrant mood and middle ground, catching people's eye as they walk by the memorial. Sitting within this memory garden provides a suggestive invitation that is inclusive and accessible for all people.

Looking into the memorial at night along the corner edge of Market Street, Philadelphia - the height of the rear identity wall is 13ft, proportional to the memorial stones 8ft following the Fibonacci sequence of proportions.

The June 5th memorial bridges the city in the background with soft ambient light. At night, the memorial park illuminates the cityscape, spotlighting areas of a gathering space for discussion and remembrance on the importance of demolition safety and life over development.