A new park opened in Upper Manhattan and has an idyllic location on the banks of the East River, with views of skyscrapers, Roosevelt Island, its cable car and the Queensboro Bridge: it is called the East Midtown Greenway.
The first phase of the East Midtown Waterfront Esplanade and East River Greenway project is finally complete after four yearspromising more room to breathe, run, walk and bike over the river: it’s nine blocks from East 53rd to 61st streets. It is an extension of the renewed Andrew Haswell Green Park, originally announced in 2008.
“Retro-looking benches are hidden between small niches of a corrugated concrete planter and a walking path runs parallel to the river. Behind the 20-foot-wide walking path, plantings and benches is a 20-foot-wide bike lane to keep pedestrians and cyclists separated. Above the park to the west is the FDR. There is also a new pedestrian bridge,” he summarized. TimeOut.
“The new spaces total almost 3 acres and represent an investment of $197.6 million of dollars. The esplanade, once completed, will eventually extend south to 38th Street.en Midtown East.
There is also a new translucent public artwork created by artist Stacy Levy called “Diatom Lace.”
In a way it is an equivalent Hudson River Park, which marks the border of the Upper West Side facing New Jersey. In all that long area years ago It is possible to bike or walk almost the entire west coast of Manhattan to the Financial District, something that the East Side offers only in interrupted strokes.
Skanska, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the NYC Parks Department included new features in this project that are not visible. For example, the park uses soil designed to collect stormwater and care for newly planted trees. For compost they recycled local organic materials.
The overall goal is to complete a gap on the long-planned 32.5-mile, 1,000-acre Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, a giant circuit around the island that would connect all its green spaces facing the sea.
In the first phase of the new East Midtown Greenway park in Manhattan Access is free on East 53rd St. and 61st St., facing the river.
In parallel, Andrew Haswell Green Park received a complete update, with new grass, as well as renovations to the ramp, lighting and seating, he noted. Daily News.
2023-12-20 20:22:00
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