Battery Park City

Description

Battery Park City, contains nearly 92 acres of permanently protected open space, including beautifully designed and maintained parks and public gardens, playing fields and playgrounds, plazas, and walkways. It was built on a landfill on the Hudson River using 1.2 million cubic yards of dirt and rocks excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center and other construction projects, plus sand dredged from New York Harbor. Named for adjacent Battery Park in 1968, Battery Park City is owned and managed by the Battery Park City Authority, a public-benefit corporation created in 1968 under the authority of the Urban Development Corporation. Gateway City is the only complex predating the 1979 master plan by Cooper Eckstut. Parcels of land are leased to developers, who build in accordance with the Authority's guidelines. These incorporate green provisions mandating state-of-the-art environmentally-friendly building methods to maximize energy efficiency and minimize water usage. Sustainability is a key part in maintaining Battery Park City with an organically managed landscape and the continual implementation of composting and recycling initiatives.

Constructed, 1979

Awards

Urban Land Institute Heritage Award in 2010

Factoids

1969 -The master plan to redevelop former industrial piers into a 92-acre commercial, residential, and park area. The landfill was to be sourced from the 3 million cubic yards of material to be excavated for the World Trade Center foundations.

Related Past Events

New York Financial District and WTC Art and Architecture Tour

Tours

Public Art in Battery Park City

Related People & Organizations

Battery Park City Parks Conservancy

Battery Park City Authority

Related Sites

The Battery

Art on the Beach-For the summer 1978 debut of Art on the Beach, Creative Time moved outdoors to a sandy landfill site slotted to eventually become Battery Park City.

Garden of Stones

Timeline

1872

1980

1984

1985

1987

1988

1989

1990

1992+ 3

1993

1995+ 1

1996+ 1

1997+ 2

1999

2001

2002

2003+ 1

2004+ 3

2008

2010+ 1

2020

Images

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Images

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Aerial view of Battery Park City, an area bounded by the Hudson River on the west, the Hudson River shoreline on the north and south, and the West Side Highway on the east

Aerial view of Battery Park City, with the Statue of Liberty in the background

The neighborhood includes Brookfield Place, along with numerous buildings designed for housing, commercial, and retail.

The southern section, which is located in Brookfield Place, contains residential apartment buildings such as Gateway Plaza and the Rector Place

Traveling north to south, the first neighborhood has high-rise residential buildings

Nearby is Brookfield Place, a complex of several commercial buildings formerly known as the World Financial Center.

The southern subsections contain most of the area's residential buildings, along with park space, supermarkets, restaurants, and movie theaters.

The riverfront park was restored in 2013

The area is managed by the Battery Park City Authority, that sought to redevelop piers, a project that has involved reclaiming the land, and facilitating new construction around green spaces

The park is a large recreational space for the community of residents

More than one-third of the development is parkland

The area is bounded by the Hudson River on the west, with the Hudson River shoreline on the north and south

The riverfront at Battery Park City, facing the Hudson River

The riverfront pier, with the Statue of Liberty in the background

The plan was to create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site

ASSOCIATED SITES

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Public Art

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Garden of Stones

Andy Goldsworthy

Landscape

The Real World

Tom Otterness, The Battery Conservancy

Sculpture

Ape and Cat (At the Dance)

Jim Dine, The Battery Conservancy

Sculpture

Pylons

Martin Puryear, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy

Sculpture

The Eyes

Louise Bourgeois, The Battery Conservancy

Sculpture

South Cove

Mary Miss, Stanton Eckstut, Susan Child, Battery Park City Authority

Landscape

The Upper Room

Ned Smyth, The Battery Conservancy

Architectural, Community Space

Mnemonics

Kristin Jones, Andrew Ginzel, Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Gruzen Samton • IBI Group Architects, The Battery Conservancy, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Battery Park City Authority, Board of Education

Installation

The Pavilion

Demetri Porphyrios, The Battery Conservancy

Architectural

Resonating Bodies

Tony Cragg, The Battery Conservancy, Battery Park City Authority

Sculpture

Rector Gate

R.M. Fischer, The Battery Conservancy

Architectural

Wall Drawing #934 - Loopy Doopy (Blue & Purple)

Sol LeWitt, The Battery Conservancy

Mural (painted)

Mother Cabrini Memorial

Jill Biagi, Battery Park City Authority

Sculpture

Tabula

Michelle Stuart, Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Gruzen Samton • IBI Group Architects, Percent for Art New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Battery Conservancy

Relief

Ulysses

Ugo Atardi, The Battery Conservancy

Sculpture

Police Memorial

Stuart Crawford, The Battery Conservancy

Sculpture, Memorial

Berlin Wall

The Battery Conservancy

Memorial

Landscape

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Teardrop Park

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Ann Hamilton, Michael Mercil, Ben Rubin, The Battery Conservancy

Park

East River Waterfront Esplanade

SHoP Architects, PC, Ken Smith Landscape Architects

Greenspace, Cultural, Public Space

Irish Hunger Memorial

Brian Tolle, 1100 Architect, Gail Wittwer-Laird, The Battery Conservancy

Park, Memorial

Architecture

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World Financial Center

Pelli Clarke & Partners, Adamson Associates, Balmori Associates, STUDIOS Architecture, HLW International

Workplace, Retail

Verdesian

Pelli Clarke & Partners

Residential

The Regatta Battery Park City

Gruzen Samton • IBI Group Architects

Residential

The New York Public Library, Battery Park City Branch

1100 Architect

Library

Solaire

Pelli Clarke & Partners

Residential

Ritz Carlton Downtown Hotel Condominium Tower

Handel Architects LLP, Ennead Architects

Hospitality

New York Mercantile Exchange Museum

Herman J. Schwarzmann, Thomas Jackson

Museum

Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo Associates LLC, Battery Park City Authority

Museum

Monsignor John Kowsky Plaza

WXY Studio

Battery Park City School, PS/IS 276

Dattner Architects

Education

Stuyvesant High School

Gruzen Samton • IBI Group Architects, Cooper, Robertson & Partners

Education

Skyscraper Museum

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Carol Willis, Roger Duffy

Museum

Visionaire

Pelli Clarke & Partners

Residential

Planning

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Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park Cafe and Viewing Platform

Machado and Silvetti Associates, OLIN, The Battery Conservancy, Lynden Miller

Public Space, Park, Hospitality

IN THIS PHOTO

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1 World Trade Center

Pictured: Aerial view of Battery Park City, an area bounded by the Hudson River on the west, the Hudson River shoreline on the north and south, and the West Side Highway on the east

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