My experience with the 9/11 memorial

So after visiting the 9/11 memorial again, I came to a realization that I didn’t notice the first time I went: the memorial is out of place. Located in the heart of the financial district of New York, I feel like it is in the wrong place. As business people go to their jobs in the mornings, there are people at the memorial right next door mourning the loss of September 11. Once the memorial fades from the public eye, and life goes on as normal, will the memorial be lost in the shuffle? Will it be overlooked, as routine as the office jobs that go on in the buildings next door? On the other hand, a place like the memorial in the middle of Lower Manhattan seems awfully like a sanctuary, an Eden of sorts. Where else in the area can you go to find open space like this, with grass on the ground instead of cement? This was intentional, in my opinion. It was a conscious move made by the artist to evoke a sense of relief and calm from the chaos of Manhattan. But overall, I feel now that the memorial could have been in a much more suitable place.