Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park _ SWA / Balsley + Weiss / Manfredi
New York, USA, 2018
Flood mitigation, biodiversity and dramatic visitor features are synthesised in a New York eco-park
Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park in New York’s borough of Queens has been completed with a 22,000m2 southern extension along the East River which turns east into Newtown Creek. The whole park encompassing an area of 45,000m2 repurposes an ex-industrial site and its first phase, which opened in 2013, includes a Green Oval open space, a pavilion, and an urban beach. […]