This project site is in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, an area renowned for its architecture, landmarks, the epicenter of American theater (Broadway), as well as the Empire State Building. The site, more specifically, on the Western side…
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How do we grapple with the history of place? and can we imagine a more hopeful future? We as landscape architects find ourselves in a unique position to grapple with the ever changing uses of land and the lasting effects of the anthropocene. This des…
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Akin to many vacant lots in Syracuse, New York, the parcels encompassing 1000 E Water St were previously dominated by public housing units (1980s-2010s). As described in the timeline below through Google imagery, these units were demolished shortly a…
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Currently, the site is situated in a corridor of lost sites along a roadside that often goes unused. It has been a construction staging area for years. The soil has been compacted and the site is riddled with rubble and weedy saplings. Although locat…
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Syracuse, New York is a part of a chain of cities, along with Buffalo and Rochester, collectively known as The Rust Belt. As was the fate of many manufacturing cities, Syracuse experienced massive losses of industry as companies sought labor elsewher…
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Our whole project changed when we first visited the site. Our analysis that we conducted remotely gave us an expectation of what we would find when we got there, and that expectation was challenged by what we saw. Despite the separation that the site…
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At City Line Park’s extended area in Brooklyn, we reimagined a forgotten greenspace, transforming it into a vibrant, living habitat that serves nature and urban life day and night. Through a palette of pollinator-friendly native plantings, we c…
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Would you want to live under the looming shadow of a 40-story JAILSCRAPER? The residents of Chinatown, New York, say no. The city’s fixation on colossal jail towers threatens to erode the neighborhood’s culture, strip away its vibrant street life, an…
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The city of Yonkers at the present moment, like many former industrial cities across the US, is in the process of undergoing widespread gentrification. In this gentrification process is the redevelopment of many forgotten spaces into high-rise apartm…
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The civic center of downtown Brooklyn is located at the crossroads of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. Just south of this cluster of courthouses, administrative buildings, and formal plazas lies Brooklyn Heights, a designated historic district kno…
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