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Winning design for National AIDS Memorial picked 17:00 PST San Francisco (AP) --
A haunting design by two New York architects won a competition to create a centerpiece for the National AIDS Memorial Grove, a seven-acre garden in Golden Gate Park that is the only federally recognized AIDS memorial in the United States, contest officials announced Wednesday. "Living Memorial," the winning entry by Janette Kim and Chloe Town, features a stand of black carbon fiber trees, a charred wood deck and a burned, bark-like walkway that in time will sprout greenery — elements borrowed from a fire-scarred forest to evoke a sense of loss and renewal. "While the design is at first frightening, it is also rich with the eventual triumph of life," said Ken Ruebush, who co-chaired the international contest that drew 201 submissions from 24 countries. "In this way, it echoes the intentions of the Grove's founders." .... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi...056S87.DTL 
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