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Rendering of the panoramic view from the top a new hill envisioned by West 8 as part of their design competition proposal.
As part of our continuing work to bring Governors Island back to life, GIPEC is designing a new 40-acre park south of Division Road and a 2.2 mile Great Promenade along the waterfront. We will also be restoring the landscapes in the Historic District. The new park will take advantage of the South Island’s spectacular views and be built on land now closed to the public where non-descript barracks and parking lots stand. The design will not alter the character of the beautiful Historic District you see today.
The acclaimed Dutch urban design and landscape architecture firm, West 8 and a team of designers have been chosen to design these new public open spaces. For more information about the international design competition held to select the design team and generate preliminary ideas for the new park, visit http://www.park-centeroftheworld.org.
Our goal is to create a delightful destination for all New Yorkers to enjoy. GIPEC is developing the park master plan with input from people across New York.
“On the Boards”
We thought folks might be interested to see what West 8 and the design team was working on, so we introduced a series of weekly posts called On the Boards. The posts describe in words and pictures some of the themes of the evolving Park and Public Space Master Plan. Each week or so, someone from the West 8 team or GIPEC introduces an element or underlying concept from the design: habitats, hills, play, etc.
Please include in your design youth baseball fields. Playing little league baseball on Governor’s Island these past 2 years has been a wonderful experience for my son and I want that experience to extend into the future for generations of New York City little league children.
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It would be great to include a water amusement park, children’s playground, butterfly gardens, petting aquarium, wet lab, ecology center, comfortable resting areas for the young and old, select more female trees than male trees as there is no pollen, horse carriage service or bike service to help the older folks get around and explore the island.
Are there plans for a garden?
NYC must keep the local/sustainable food movement going!
Governors Island actually has a sustainable farm created by Added Value (which has another location in Red Hook). Come out and see it for yourself. It’s down by Picnic Point.
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