A new rather original park has emerged in New York. “Little Island” and its 132 concrete tulips were inaugurated on Friday. It flies over the Hudson River and is only accessible by two pedestrian bridges.
The park was designed by landscaper Signe Nielsen and funded mostly by billionaire Barry Diller. The entrepreneur has invested around $ 260 million with his foundation which he runs with his wife, designer Diane von Furstenberg.
Both also pledged to cover the maintenance costs of the park for twenty years. This would bring its financial contribution to nearly $ 380 million. A crazy figure for a donation to a public garden.
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Already adopted by New Yorkers
“Little Island” was built on the old pier 54 where the survivors of the Titanic landed in April 1912. Today this garden is located at heights between 5 and 18 meters, a bias to give relief to 350 flowers of different species and weighing 68 tons each. A green space particularly appreciated by New Yorkers after the pandemic.
“It’s a really nice place to cut a little bit with the city, especially here on the southern tip of Manhattan, where we don’t have a lot of green space,” said Lauren Moon Fraser, lying on the floor. the lawn with her baby
The park is part of a comprehensive project to develop the Hudson docks between 59th Street and Battery Park City, in the very south of Manhattan. This also includes an amphitheater with 700 seats.
However, the park of renewal almost never saw the light of day. The fault of many legal remedies until the release by Andrew Cuomo, the governor of the State of New York who managed to find an agreement between the parties.
