EDC selects consulting team for Bush terminal open space.The New York City Economic Development Corporation Overview New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is a non-profit local development corporation that promotes economic growth across New York City's five boroughs. (EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. ) has selected a consultant team led by Donna Walcavage Landscape Architecture & Urban Design to prepare designs for transforming the Bush Terminal Piers in Sunset Park, Brooklyn Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the southern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. The neighborhood is located south of Park Slope and Windsor Terrace, separated by Green-Wood Cemetery and the Prospect Expressway/NY-27, while 65th Street and the Gowanus , into a public recreational and open space amenity. The impetus for the open space project came from the public outreach program that was part of the development of EDC's Strategic Plan for the Redevelopment of the Port of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , completed in 1999. The goal of the Plan was to develop a financially feasible, multi-phased development strategy to guide the City's investments in maritime resources. As part of the Plan, EDC recognized the local community's need for public recreational open space, and identified the Piers as an appropriate location to meet that need. The area for the project includes Bush Terminal Piers 1 through 5, from approximately 44th Street to the north, the Upper New York Bay
Upper New York Bay, sometimes called Upper New York Harbor or the Upper Bay, is the northern area of New York Harbor inside The Narrows. to the west, 50th Street to the south, and Marginal Street to the west. Pier 5 is a dilapidated finger pier. Piers 1 through 4 were partially filled in the 1970s. Together, the piers form an approximately 23.7-acre project site. The Donna Walcavage team will conduct surveys, investigation, analysis and create overall schematic A graphical representation of a system. It often refers to electronic circuits on a printed circuit board or in an integrated circuit (chip). See logic gate and HDL. design for the development of recreation and public open space facilities. The consultant will also examine revenue-generating economic and recreational components to sustain maintenance costs of the proposed open space. As part of the scope of work, the consultant team will develop a phasing plan for implementation and prepare contract documents for the first phase improvements. The design will seek to create a safe linkage between the residential community and the waterfront park Waterfront Park can refer to any of a number of parks on a river or other body of water, including:
landfill site n → centre m d'enfouissement des déchets landfill site land n and develop an effective remediation strategy that will allow the project to move forward. Completion of the schematic design is expected to take approximately seven months. Final design and contract document work will take another twelve months. EDC will work with the community and elected officials to secure funds so that when the project is completed, EDC can proceed with construction of the first phase waterfront improvements. The planning and design project will be funded through a New York State Environmental Protection Fund grant provided by the New York State Department of State, in addition to funds provided by the Brooklyn Borough President's Office, City Council Member Angel Rodriguez and the City's capital budget. |
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