Essex Crossing Park renderings by West 8.
The Essex Crossing developers showed a Community Board 3 panel last week final renderings of a 15,000 square foot park that will be built on Broome Street. The public open space is part of the nearly two-million square foot residential and commercial complex that will begin rising on the former Seward Park urban renewal site next year.
The plans were presented by Claire Agre of West 8, a landscape architectural firm. She said the designs took into account feedback from community members during three CB3 Parks Committee meetings held earlier this year. The goal of the 15,000 square foot space situated between Suffolk Street and Clinton Street is to create an urban oasis, a quiet place with ample seating. There’s also a play area for small children. There will be wood-backed benches that, Agre said, have a rustic feel.
A site plan for the Essex Crossing park along Broome Street between Suffolk and Clinton streets. Rendering by West 8.
A 15,000-square-foot park stretching along Broome Street between Suffolk and Clinton streets will be one of the first projects to break ground in the giant Essex Crossing development, and details of its design were unveiled last night.
After gathering community feedback on initial designs earlier this year, landscape architects West 8 appeared before a Community Board 3 subcommittee to present their latest drawings. The park is expected to begin construction in March 2015 and be completed in two years.
The plan calls for a “relaxing neighborhood amenity with passive uses” that offers a “green oasis in the city,” representatives from the firm told committee members and an audience of citizens gathered in a meeting room at Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
Essex Crossing Park renderings by West 8.
The Essex Crossing developers showed a Community Board 3 panel last week final renderings of a 15,000 square foot park that will be built on Broome Street. The public open space is part of the nearly two-million square foot residential and commercial complex that will begin rising on the former Seward Park urban renewal site next year.
The plans were presented by Claire Agre of West 8, a landscape architectural firm. She said the designs took into account feedback from community members during three CB3 Parks Committee meetings held earlier this year. The goal of the 15,000 square foot space situated between Suffolk Street and Clinton Street is to create an urban oasis, a quiet place with ample seating. There’s also a play area for small children. There will be wood-backed benches that, Agre said, have a rustic feel.
A site plan for the Essex Crossing park along Broome Street between Suffolk and Clinton streets. Rendering by West 8.
A 15,000-square-foot park stretching along Broome Street between Suffolk and Clinton streets will be one of the first projects to break ground in the giant Essex Crossing development, and details of its design were unveiled last night.
After gathering community feedback on initial designs earlier this year, landscape architects West 8 appeared before a Community Board 3 subcommittee to present their latest drawings. The park is expected to begin construction in March 2015 and be completed in two years.
The plan calls for a “relaxing neighborhood amenity with passive uses” that offers a “green oasis in the city,” representatives from the firm told committee members and an audience of citizens gathered in a meeting room at Sara D. Roosevelt Park.