Bosque Gardens at the Battery debuts after $8.5m restoration.After a year-long extensive restoration to the Battery's historic waterfront park Waterfront Park can refer to any of a number of parks on a river or other body of water, including:
Almost two years ago, The Battery Conservancy in conjunction with the City's Parks & Recreation Department selected Saratoga Associates to be the landscape architects for the project. The $8.5 million restoration is part of the $25 million Downtown Open Space Initiative funded by the Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North Development Corporation at the urging of Mayor Bloomberg and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "We are very excited that the Bosque is finally about to open so people can enjoy it," said Laura Starr, the Saratoga Principal who has directed the project design team. "Just behind Battery Park's bustling waterfront Promenade, the Bosque is a quieter, social retreat with soft surface footpaths and undulating gardens under the canopy of mature London Plane Noun 1. London plane - very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree Platanus acerifolia genus Platanus, Platanus - genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore trees--it brings back to the Harbor a feeling of natural abundance In chemistry, natural abundance (NA) refers to the prevalence of isotopes of a chemical element as naturally found on a planet. The relative atomic mass (a weighted average) of these isotopes is the atomic weight listed for the element in the periodic table. . Downtown New Yorkers will now have a new destination where they can eat, play, find solitude or romance in one of the city's largest perennial gardens." Saratoga worked with internationally acclaimed Dutch garden The Dutch garden is distinguished by its dense atmosphere and efficient use of space. On an international level, a garden with tulips is also easily labelled as a Dutch Garden. designer Piet Oudolf who planted 34,000 plants in 22 pools of garden beds; Weisz + Yoes Architects, who collaborated on the interactive water fountain and designed a new line of custom kiosks and benches tailored to the curvilinear curvilinear a line appearing as a curve; nonlinear. curvilinear regression see curvilinear regression. garden beds and a future carousel; and Tillett Lighting Design, to create the Bosque's lush fanciful unique ambiance am·bi·ance also am·bi·ence n. The special atmosphere or mood created by a particular environment: "The noir ambience is dominated by low-key lighting . . . . The opening of the Bosque represents a major milestone in the ongoing restoration of Battery Park led by The Battery Conservancy and their dynamic President Warrie Price. "Warrie deserves the credit for forming the vision, building the partnerships and making things happen at the Battery," said Starr. "Her energy and drive for excellence make good design possible." The Bosque completes the next stage of over nine years of work to implement the master plan to beautify the entire 23-acre Battery Park. |
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