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Postcards

Postcards is an outdoor sculpture in , , , United States. Built in 2004, it is a permanent memorial honoring the 274 Staten Island residents killed in the September 11 attacks of 2001 and in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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Photo: Jackie, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include SIUH Community Park and Staten Island Borough Hall.

Stadium
Photo: Rpimpsner, Public domain.
The Staten Island University Hospital Community Park is a baseball stadium located on the northeastern tip of in . The ballpark holds 8,171 seats and is the home of the Staten Island FerryHawks, a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. is situated 490 feet south of Postcards.

Town hall
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
is the primary municipal building for the borough of in . It is located at 10 Richmond Terrace, next to the Richmond County Courthouse and opposite the of the Staten Island Ferry. is situated 1,600 feet south of Postcards.

Library
The system includes libraries in , , and . This page is organized by borough, and alphabetically. The boroughs of and are supported by their own separate library systems. is situated 1,800 feet south of Postcards.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. George and Hamilton Park.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood on the northeastern tip of in , along the waterfront where the enters Upper New York Bay.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
is a neighborhood in Historic Downtown , , in the U.S. state of , centered on a park with the same name.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in northeastern in . Named for Daniel D. Tompkins, sixth Vice President of the United States, the neighborhood sits on the island's eastern shore, along the waterfront facing Upper New York Bay, between on the north and on the south; however, it is considered part of the North Shore by the island's residents.

Postcards

Latitude
40.64679° or 40° 38′ 48″ north
Longitude
-74.07649° or 74° 4′ 35″ west
Inception
2004
Open location code
87G7JWWF+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 417259741
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Wiki­data ID
Q530301
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Postcards” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “明信片纪念碑”
  • Finnish: “Postcards”
  • Finnish: “Staten Island September 11 Memorial”
  • French: “Mémorial Postcards”
  • German: “Postcards”
  • Hebrew: “‘גלויות’, האנדרטה לפיגועי 11 בספטמבר בסטטן איילנד”
  • Hebrew: “‘גלויות’”
  • Hebrew: “האנדרטה לפיגועי 11 בספטמבר בסטטן איילנד”
  • Spanish: “Staten Island September 11 Memorial”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Staten Island Family Courthouse and 120 Precinct Police Station.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Postcards”. Photo: Jackie, CC BY 2.0.