This is a general topic about the parks in New York. Contributions can be posted on redesign, information and construction of parks in New York.
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Hasn’t this pool been proven to be a silly hoax? I swear I’ve seen a bunch of press releases over the past decade, but what I haven’t seen is the pool.
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Harding Park (Bronx)
Harding Park in The Bronx is receiving $11.4 million for upgrades, Jan. 10, 2023. Credit: Jonathan Custodio/THE CITY
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Sad to say this, but the concrete looks horrible in person (surprise!). The new structure creates an imposing wall from Battery Place.
Does anybody know if they are planning to finish the façade differently, or is the idea to keep it raw?
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The city’s Parks Department is laying the groundwork to purchase up to 61 mostly vacant, privately-owned lots in Brooklyn and Queens for new parks in areas with a lack of green space.
Parks officials in late April filed an unusual request with the Department of City Planning for approval to potentially purchase 38 parcels in Brooklyn and 23 sites in Queens from private landlords with plans to develop those spaces into new parks.
The properties, which are owned by a mix of small landlords, are clustered in East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Corona in Queens, and Cypress Hill and East New York in Brooklyn — all communities of color with fewer park spaces than most city neighborhoods. Most of the lots are relatively small, between 2,000 and 20,000 square feet and are empty, or are home to parking lots, auto body shops and warehouse buildings that would be demolished and converted into parks, if the agency receives approval from planning officials and the City Council.
Most of the lots are relatively small, but there’s one big exception: a sprawling more than 223,000-square-foot parking garage on 23rd Avenue in East Elmhurst. The site is just south of LaGuardia Airport and is currently zoned for commercial uses.
Seems promising.
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