By popular demand, we are bringing our Park and Public Space Master Plan Design Tours back for a September encore. Earlier in the summer, dozens of visitors participated in tours of Governors Island lead by members of the West 8 design team and the Trust planning staff. The tours are a unique opportunity to [...]
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Governors Island: Shape shifter Map of New York Harbor circa 1835. The familiar ice cream cone shape of the island has yet to emerge. The current and future island have much to offer; 2.2 mile promenade with harbor views, a green for picnicking, lounging and swinging while gazing at the Statue of Liberty, and a [...]
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The June bike and tram tours of the Park and Public Master Plan with designers from the West 8 team and GIPEC were a huge success, so we’re adding more dates. This month, tours will be given by Leslie Koch (she blogs here somethimes, but is mostly the President of GIPEC) and landscape architects from [...]
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The Post-it (TM) wall is back! OK, as a communication device, you don’t get more low-tech than the humble Post-it (TM) note. But they’re an important way that we get to listen to your ideas, helping us to plan a park for all New Yorkers. We really do read every single one of them. Some of our favorites from last [...]
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Starting this Saturday, June 5th and continuing every Saturday in June, GIPEC is offering free bike and tram tours led by members of the West 8 design team, including landscape architects Mathews Nielsen, as well as Governors Island planners. During the the one-hour long tours visitors will tour the Island and discuss the vision for the [...]
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West 8, which is also designing the Governors Island Park and Public Space Master Plan, has been chosen to design a master plan for Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. Longwood Gardens encompasses 1,050 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows. It is home to 11,000 types of plants, more fountains than any other garden in the US, educational and [...]
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West 8/Rogers Marvel Architects/Diller Scofidio + Renfro/Mathews Nielsen/Urban Design + Adriaan Gueze, who is the principal and founder of West 8 urban design & landscape architecture, has a very nice guest post today over at the Museum of Modern Art’s blog in connection with MoMA and PS 1′s project “Rising Currents.” In his own words, he describes [...]
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We are so pleased to share the park and public space master plan developed by West 8, and people are starting to weigh in. . . We want to hear from you! Public input is critical to the future of Governors Island and the new public spaces. Over the life of the project, there will be many [...]
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Yesterday evening, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Governor David A. Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senator Daniel L. Squadron announced an agreement on the long-term development, funding and governance of Governors Island in which New York City will have the primary responsibility to develop and operate the Island. At the press conference, the [...]
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As we’ve mentioned here before, we’ve been following the Rising Currents project at MoMA and PS1 with great interest. Rising Currents is a program of MoMA and PS 1 that brings together 5 interdisciplinary teams to creatively tackle the challenge of climate change along the coastlines of New York Harbor. The teams have re-imagined the region’s [...]
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