Plan being developed for Downtown waterfront.The Downtown Alliance and Community Board One, in coordination with the Economic Development Corporation and the Department of City Planning city planning, process of planning for the improvement of urban centers in order to provide healthy and safe living conditions, efficient transport and communication, adequate public facilities, and aesthetic surroundings. , have launched a study to produce a conceptual land-use plan for Lower Manhattan's eastern waterfront. The study will survey a 30-block area bounded by the Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge, vehicular suspension bridge, New York City, southernmost of the bridges across the East River, between lower Manhattan and Brooklyn; built 1869–83. The achievement of J. A. Roebling and his son W. A. Roebling, it has a span of 1,595. , the East River, Battery Park and State, Water, and Pearl Streets. Marilyn Jordan Taylor, chairman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Ken Greenberg, founding partner of Urban Strategies, will lead the study. The waterfront research team will also include Arup, an engineering consultancy that will focus on transportation issues, and Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Aischuler, an economic research firm that will analyze financial issues. The study will help coordinate and direct future development along the waterfront of 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 on the East. River, where proposed projects include the: Downtown Guggenheim museum Guggenheim Museum, officially Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, major museum of modern art in New York City. Founded in 1939 as the Museum of Non-objective Art, the Guggenheim is known for its remarkable circular building (1959) designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. on the piers south of the South Street Seaport The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to the Financial District. The Seaport is usually considered a historical district, distinct from the neighboring Financial District. and redevelopment of the historic, 140,000 SF Battery Maritime Building. The complete study results will be presented to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation this summer. The planning effort will also consider alternative uses for the Fulton Fish Market The Fulton Fish Market is a fish market in New York, United States. It was originally a wing of the Fulton Market, established in 1822 to sell a variety of foodstuffs and produce. , which faces relocation to the Bronx, and improved road and waterfront access, which is currently complicated by the FDR Drive and parking on the roadway underneath. Plans also include the development of cultural institutions and public spaces. "Now that the Hudson River waterfront is being developed Downtown, it is important to recognize the opportunities on the East Side," said Madelyn Wils, chair of Community Board One and board member of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. "Doing a comprehensive plan will enable us to create open space opportunities that do not currently exist." "The time is ripe for Lower Manhattan to take advantage of its waterfront that surrounds this community on three sides," said Carl Weisbrod, president of the Alliance for Downtown 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 . "We look forward to working with the City and State to create an overall vision and plan for this valuable stretch of waterfront." "The Lower Manhattan eastern waterfront has enormous potential for exciting redevelopment opportunities," said Andrew M. Alper, president of the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Economic Development Corporation. "The study will help us make sure we make the most of this stretch of waterfront by taking a comprehensive look and balancing the mix of development and community open space needs." |
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