And then there were five.[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The five finalists in the competition to design the Hudson Park and Boulevard and to create a streetscape street·scape n. 1. An artistic representation of a street. 2. Surroundings composed of streets: the urban streetscape. plan for the Hudson Yards area on Manhattan's West Side have presented their ideas to the public. The designs will be on view at the Center for Architecture from September 25 through the end of October. The designs for the four-acre park will be examined by a selection committee comprised of the Hudson Yards Development Corporation, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation The City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation is the department of government of the City of New York responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas, and furnishing recreational , the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Department of Design and Construction, the New York City Department of Transportation, and the New York City Department of City Planning The Department of City Planning is a governmental agency of New York City responsible for setting the framework of city's physical and socioeconomic planning. The department is responsible for land use and environmental review, preparing plans and policies, and providing . This committee, which selected the five finalists from a field of 18 firms that responded to an initial request for proposals, will use the proposals to make its final determination, which is expected in late October 2008. |
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