More than 200 hand-crafted flowers inlaid into pavement, metres from where deadly standoff unfolded three years agoA memorial to honour the victims of the Lindt cafe siege has been unveiled at Sydney’s Martin Place during an emotional ceremony attended by survivors and families. “No Australian will ever forget the heartbreaking events that unfolded at Martin Place three years ago. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Martin Place memorial for the Lindt cafe siege is made up of 210 individual boxes with flowers embedded in the granite pavement. The tribute, designed by Professor Richard Johnson and artist Jess Dare, was inspired by the sea of flowers that blanketed Martin Place following the 17-hour stand-off. An estimated 110,000 bunches of flowers were placed at the site in the eight days after the siege.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2017 02:15 UTC