RESOURCES

WATERFRONT STUDIES/PUBLICATIONS



• Vision 2010: NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/cwp/cwp_2.shtml

• Bridge the Gap: Connecting Manhattan and Randall’s Island – an engineering study prepared by RBA and co-sponsored by Manhattan Borough President’s Office, CIVITAS, and the Department of State Division of Coastal Resources.
http://civitasnyc.org/live/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Final-Report.pdf

• East 96th Street: A Planning Study by CIVITAS and Buckhurst Fish Hutton Katz
http://civitasnyc.org/live/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/East-96th-Street-FULLstudy.pdf

• Queensboro Bridge Area 197-a Plan – Manhattan Community Board 8′s 197-a plan to enhance public access to the waterfront around the Queensboro Bridge was adopted in 2006. Click here to download design drawings.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/pub/197queensboro.shtml

• Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront  – a spring 2010 MoMA exhibition
http://moma.org/explore/inside_out/category/rising-currents#description

• Close the Gap Competition
http://www.d3space.org/closethegap/

• One Prize:  Water as the Sixth Borough Competition
http://www.oneprize.org/index.html

• Design the Edge Project
http://www.waterfrontalliance.org/projects/designtheedge

• The New York Waterfront: Evolution and Building Culture of Port and Harbor
By Kevin Bone, Mary Beth Betts, Stanley Greenberg

• Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan
By Phillip Lopate

• The Art of Landscape Architecture
Edited by Alex Sanchez Vidiella

MAPS
(More maps available on the GRAPHIC MATERIALS page)

• NYC Department of City Planning Waterfront Map
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/cwp/mn.shtml

• NYCityMap GIS
http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/

• NYC OASIS Map
http://www.oasisnyc.net/map.aspx

• NYC Department of Parks & Recreation Interactive Map
http://www.nycgovparks.org/maps

NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS/RESOURCES
• Asphalt Green
www.asphaltgreen.org

• Carl Schurz Park Conservancy
www.carlschurzparknyc.org

• East Side Open Space
http://www.eastsideopenspace.com/

• East River C.R.E.W.
http://www.eastrivercrew.org/

• Harlem River Park
http://www.harlemriverpark.com

• Stanley Isaacs Center
http://www.isaacscenter.org/home.htm

IN THE NEWS
“Mind the Gap: Park joins New York’s long-divided Upper East Side and East Harlem riverfronts.”- The Architect’s Newspaper, 12/21/11
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5814

“Revolutionizing the East River Waterfront”- The New York Observer, 10/31/11
http://www.observer.com/2011/10/east-side-park/

“Phillip Lopate Kicks Off Design Contest For a New East River Waterfront”- DNAinfo, 10/27/11
http://www.dnainfo.com/20111027/upper-east-side/phillip-lopate-kicks-off-design-contest-for-new-east-river-waterfront#ixzz1cYtblBdY

“Reimagining the Waterfront” – MetropolisMag.com, 10/18/11
http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/tag/east-river-esplanade

“Civic Group Seeks Bold Ideas for Crumbling East River Waterfront” – DNAinfo, 9/27/11
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110927/upper-east-side/civic-group-seeks-bold-ideas-for-crumbling-east-river-waterfront

“Esplanade Emergency: East Siders hope to fix crumbling riverfront as idea of path circling Manhattan moves closer” – Our Town, 8/10/11
http://ourtownny.com/2011/08/10/esplanade-emergency/

“On the East River Waterfront Esplanade” by Paul Goldberger, The New Yorker, 7/22/11
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/07/on-the-east-river-waterfront-esplanade.html#ixzz1TEvGApoH

“East River Esplanade gets 900K for Fixing Potholes” – DNAinfo, 7/11/11
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110711/upper-east-side/east-river-esplanade-gets-900k-for-fixing-potholes

“Residents Want Safer Access to the Waterfront at E. 96th Street” – DNAinfo, 5/26/11
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110526/upper-east-side/hazardous-crossing-residents-want-safer-access-waterfront-at-e-96th-street

“New Conservancy Group will Tackle East River Waterfront” – DNAinfo, 4/27/11 http://gamma.dnainfo.com/20110427/upper-east-side/new-conservancy-group-will-tackle-east-river-waterfront

“East River Esplanade: A Gaping Hole in NYC’s Waterfront” – CIVITAS News, Spring 2011
http://civitasnyc.org/live/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CIVITASNewsSpring2011web.pdf