Some community activists will hold a meeting tomorrow in TriBeCa to protest plans by the Department of Sanitation to build a very large garage for the trucks of three of its districts trucks along West Street north of Spring Streeet.

The activists have commissioned an alternative plan, called "Hudson Rise," shown at the left, designed by Stas Zakrzewski and Marianne Hyde, the architects of the recently completed residential condominium building nearby at 304 Spring Street, for a smaller garage facility.

The activists include Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed, the musicians, and the group has the support of Jennifer Connelly, the very beautiful star of "Blood Diamond," and Kirsten Dunst and William Thompson, the Democratic candidate for mayor.

The meeting will be from 6 to 8 PM at the Renwick Gallery at 45 Renwick Street with refreshments at the courtyard of 304 Spring Street.

The Hudson Rise proposal, according to the Zakrzewski Hyde website, "is an urban scaled promenate and greenspace which provides the community with a new 85,000 square foot landscaped terrain and new means to connect between many current and future large-scale neighborhood institutions."

The proposal incorporates the garage needs of two of the Sanitation Districts beneath "three uniquely programmed plateaus, botanical, cultural and recreational, accessed in a series of ADA accessible green pathways."

"The first," according to the proposal, "is a botanical garden and playground, accessed directly off Spring Street. The second features an elevated grass knoll for picknicking, concerts and watching movies. The final plateau is a recreational facility, cafe and swimming pool that continues with a walkable connection to the rooftop. From the cultural plateau a promenade connects over the UPS building (and allows UPS to maintain its current home) where it creates an urban foyer. This foyer is home to Hudson Square Commons - an arcade of boutique groceries, cafes, delis and bakeries and other commercial activity."

"The foyer," the proposal continues, "also acts as the entry point to several cultural institutions displaced from the WTC masterplan: The Joyce Theater, Signature Theater and the Drawing Center. Privately-developed residential and office space frame the foyer at the north and south ends of the UPS building and gently give way to museum and gallery space filtered above. RISE then passes through the St. John Center, bringing increased foot traffic to the building and thereby allowing for new retail or educational opportunities at the lower levels."

"This green link," the proposal concludes, "ultimately extends to Pier 40 and the Hudson River Parkway, providing safe, programmed passage across West Street. As such, RISE promotes an accord between the pedestrian and infrastructural needs of a growing community, and the existing vehicular activity of the DSNY and UPS."

On September 14, the Public Design Commission unanimously approved the Department of Sanitation's design for a three-district garage designed by Dattner Architects and Weisz + Yoes Architecture. An article the next day by Joey Arad at Curbed.com noted that "neighbors in Hudson Square and TriBeCa have been fighting the trashy terror with an anger normally seen only when Whole Foods runs out of stroller parking."

While the approved design is not unattractive, it does not provide the green space, community facilities and connections to Pier 40 of the smaller but more complex community plan.