BOSTON (WHDH) – The City of Boston has released renderings for two downtown memorials that will honor the victims of the 2013 marathon bombings.
The memorials, which will be made of granite, bronze and glass, will be erected where the bombs went off on Boylston Street, according to a release issued by the city Thursday. The memorials will feature small pillars enveloping four glass light poles reaching to the sky.
The sculptor of the memorials is Gloucester-based Pablo Eduardo. He also designed the bronze sculpture of former Mayor Kevin White, which can be found outside of Faneuil Hall.
City officials were hoping to have the memorials done this year for the fifth anniversary of the bombings but said it was more important to work with the victims’ families and get it right.
The memorials will be at the sites where the two bombs went off; one right near the finish line and the other about one block further up on Boylston Street. Both are slated to be completed by 2020.
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