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Pier 42 on the East River Waterfront. In the next several days, there will be a couple of opportunities to become engaged in the future of Pier 42. Back in November of 2011, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. set aside $16 million for the future development of the pier as a park. Coming up on Sunday, the Parks Department and State Sen. Daniel Squadron (who helped secure the government funding) will lead community members on a tour of the pier, which includes an abandoned shed and a parking lot. In addition to the tour, there will be an opportunity to discuss “interim uses” for the ar...
Pier 42 on the East River Waterfront. Tonight the Parks Department and Community Board 3 will be looking for public input about a new park they plan to build on Pier 42, at the end of Montgomery Street. It’s always been the plan to tear down the abandoned shed, pictured above, and turn the large space adjacent to the East River Promenade into a public recreation area. Several weeks ago the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. allocated $14 million for the first phase of the project. This evening, State Senator Daniel Squadron, who along with U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, pushed for the LMDC ...
Anne Frederick of Hester Street Collaborative was one of several speakers at a community day May 4, 2013 at Pier 42. It will be years before the dream of building a large new park at Pier 42, near Gouverneur Street, is realized. But this past weekend, community activists, non-profit organizations and local politicians took an important symbolic step toward claiming the parcel along the East River for public use. A community day was held Saturday on Pier 42, the kickoff to a summer-long effort to engage residents in the future of the pier. A year-and-a-half ago, the Lower Manhattan Develop...
Giacinto Frisillo, a contributor at The Lo-Down, has been volunteering with the Hester Street Collaborative as part of their Paths to Pier 42 project on the East River waterfront between Montgomery and Cherry streets. She reports on the progress toward creating public art and events, and how to get involved. Pier 42 will host temporary art exhibits and community events this summer, while plans for permanent redevelopment proceed. Arriving at Pier 42 for a community volunteer day, I was welcomed to the bustling “Banana Pier” by Hester Street Collaborative’s Dylan House. “People who gr...