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The Hudson Valley, Downtown: A New BPC Oasis
Is Coming
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Ground was broken last month for the newest addition
to Battery Park Citys network of parks, a space that Battery
Park City Authority President Tim Carey says he envisions "as
a glen in the middle of the hills in the Catskills."
Teardrop Park, named for the shape of its previous design, is being
built on the lot bounded by Murray Street, North End Avenue, Warren
Street and River Terrace. Its design, featuring meandering pathways,
small waterfalls, and stone outcroppings that can be climbed, is meant
to evoke the landscape of the Hudson River Valley.
In fact, the park, designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
and artist Ann Hamilton, is being constructed with more than 2,700
tons of stone from Hudson Valley farms and quarries and will feature
plants that grow in the valley.
When completed, in spring 2004, the park will be surrounded by four
residential buildings and will include benches, lawns and play spaces.
The waterfall will freeze in the winter, creating a wall of ice. |
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