Perkins Eastman has created a splashy proposal for a linear, at-grade park running along a long stretch of one of New York's most famous avenues.
Alan G. Brake details a highly conceptual proposal that would "would see New York's iconic Broadway converted into a linear park running from Columbus Circle to Union Square." The architecture firm Perkins Eastman created the proposal, citing the benefits to pedestrians and cyclists, as well as to the city's stormwater infrastructure. "Based on the success of the High Line, the designers argue the proposal would increase property values and therefore would pay for itself," adds Brake.
Brake also notes that New York City is experiencing a bit of a park design moment riding on the heels of the High Line's success. Design proposals for the Lowline, the Big U around Lower Manhattan, and a $170 million proposal to makeover Pier 54.
The news caught the attention of other urban design-focused publications. Kriston Capps writes for CityLab that the proposal combines two of the "best-loved" land use projects of the Bloomberg era in New York City: the High Line and closing Times Square to cars.
Writing for The Architect's Newspaper, Audrey Wachs notes the project's "Bilbao Effect" ambitions (i.e., "culture-led revitalization of a postindustrial city driven by a single institution housed in a starchitect-designed complex…").
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