It’s an appealing notion that would memorialize the tragedy while honoring the wishes of some survivors, who have said they don’t want to revisit the club where so many died.Īt the same time, however, the new plans will leave future visitors wondering why the grounds of the former nightclub aren’t also preserved as a lasting reminder of searing violence. In January, the group said it was backing away from plans to build an architecturally grandiose memorial on the grounds of the nightclub and adjacent land it has already purchased on Kaley Street.Īs the Sentinel’s Amanda Rabines reports, the current plan includes a conversion of a 47,000-square-foot building in Orlando’s SoDo neighborhood into a museum and a communal space for local LGBTQ+ nonprofits, along with a survivor’s walk that connects the memorial site to the Orlando Health campus where most of the injured victims of the shooting were taken. We wish we had words to comfort them - a wish we believe is shared by the leadership of the OnePULSE Foundation as it works to bring that vision to fruition. But we must also acknowledge that many of those who take time tomorrow to remember the Pulse tragedy are growing impatient for the long-promised permanent memorial to rise.
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