The Brief<\/p>\n
Orlando officials say the Pulse memorial design is now about 60% complete ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the 2016 nightclub shooting.<\/p>\n
The memorial will honor the 49 victims with a reflecting pool, victims\u2019 names and several spaces for remembrance and healing.<\/p>\n
City leaders said parts of the original Pulse site will remain preserved as part of the memorial.<\/p>\n
ORLANDO, Fla. – Ten years in the making, and the City of Orlando says the final design for the Pulse Memorial is now 60% complete.<\/p>\n
The memorial will honor the 49 people killed in the mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub on June 12, 2016.<\/p>\n
Pulse memorial design<\/p>\n
Dig deeper<\/p>\n
City officials said the memorial will feature an elliptical structure with columns displaying each victim\u2019s name and nationality surrounding a reflecting pool located where the nightclub dance floor once stood.<\/p>\n
Plans also include a private gathering area enclosed in rainbow-colored glass, a survivors wall and an indoor visitors pavilion designed to encourage reflection and remembrance.<\/p>\n
Officials said parts of the original Pulse nightclub site will remain incorporated into the memorial to preserve a physical connection to what happened there.<\/p>\n
The memorial will include several features to honor the victims:<\/p>\n
Memorial Plaza: An ellipse with columns listing each victim\u2019s name and nationality.<\/p>\n
Reflecting Pool: A pool where the nightclub’s dance floor once sat.<\/p>\n
Gathering Area: A private area enclosed in rainbow glass.<\/p>\n
Survivors\u2019 Wall: A wall to honor those who survived the attack.<\/p>\n
Indoor Visitors\u2019 Pavilion: A space to save and display parts of the original nightclub, including the Pulse sign.<\/p>\n
During a presentation, one of the memorial\u2019s designers said remembrance requires active engagement, and that the memorial would create a physical connection between what was and what will be.<\/p>\n
What’s next<\/p>\n
The memorial is expected to be completed by late 2026.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
Information in this story was gathered from the City of Orlando and reporting by FOX 35’s Marie Edinger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Orlando officials say the Pulse memorial design is now about 60% complete ahead of the 10-year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[116096,139,141,140,8309,116437],"class_list":["post-272012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-memorial-design","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pulse-nightclub","tag-reflecting-pool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}