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As you may know, the city is slowly moving toward building a new park at Pier 42, the unsightly area just below newly refurbished East River Park. This week, the Parks Department conducted a “listening session” on the Lower East Side to hear what residents and open space advocacy groups would like to see happen […] ....
Pier 42 renderings by Mathews Nielsen. Early this year, the Public Design Commission and Community Board 3 approved a conceptual master plan for a park at Pier 42. Mathews Nielsen, the firm hired to design the 8-acrre recreational space near Montgomery Street will return to CB3’s parks committee October 21 to present a preliminary plan for phase 1 of the project. The $94 million initiative will create active and passive recreational facilities, a marine habitat, waterfront marshes, a water ecology educational center and a dock for small boats. Three years ago, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and State Sen. Daniel Squadron helped secure $16 million in 9/11 recovery funds for the first phase. It entails the dismantling of the old 600 foot shed once used to store bananas and the development of an interim park. ....