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Location | Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York |
Coordinates | 40°42′19″N 74°1′7″W / 40.70528°N 74.01861°W |
Created | 1996 |
Etymology | Robert F. Wagner Jr. |
Status | Open |
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (also known as Wagner Park) is a green space in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The park is sited on landfill from the World Trade Center site [1] and opened in 1996. [2] [3] It was designed by a partnership of Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, Hannah/Olin, and Lynden B. Miller. [2] The park is named after Robert F. Wagner Jr., who helped negotiate the 1979 master plan for Battery Park City [4] before his sudden death in 1993. [2] The park is just north of City Pier A at the southern end of Manhattan. [5]
As of 2022, the park was being planned for demolition, although locals are fighting to save the park. [6] [7] [8] [9] The demolition is slated as part of a flood resiliency project, and the plans call for razing and rebuilding the park. [10] [11] In response to the public pressure, the committee has enlarged the area dedicated to lawns in the plans, although the rebuilt lawns would still contain 10 percent less green space. [12] [13] As of October 2022 [update], the plans called for removing 48 trees and raising the park's elevation from 11 to 20 feet (3.4 to 6.1 m), where 139 trees would be planted. [11]
Wagner Park | |
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Location | Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York |
Coordinates | 40°42′19″N 74°1′7″W / 40.70528°N 74.01861°W |
Created | 1996 |
Etymology | Robert F. Wagner Jr. |
Status | Open |
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (also known as Wagner Park) is a green space in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The park is sited on landfill from the World Trade Center site [1] and opened in 1996. [2] [3] It was designed by a partnership of Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, Hannah/Olin, and Lynden B. Miller. [2] The park is named after Robert F. Wagner Jr., who helped negotiate the 1979 master plan for Battery Park City [4] before his sudden death in 1993. [2] The park is just north of City Pier A at the southern end of Manhattan. [5]
As of 2022, the park was being planned for demolition, although locals are fighting to save the park. [6] [7] [8] [9] The demolition is slated as part of a flood resiliency project, and the plans call for razing and rebuilding the park. [10] [11] In response to the public pressure, the committee has enlarged the area dedicated to lawns in the plans, although the rebuilt lawns would still contain 10 percent less green space. [12] [13] As of October 2022 [update], the plans called for removing 48 trees and raising the park's elevation from 11 to 20 feet (3.4 to 6.1 m), where 139 trees would be planted. [11]