The Hudson River Park Trust held a meeting last Thursday at Chelsea Market to disclose details of the environment impact statement for Pier 57 at West 15th Street in Chelsea, according to an article today by Meredith Hoffman at DNAinfo.com
The plans, which have been posted online, call for a two-floor marketplace, a two-acre rooftop open space where the TriBeCa Film Festival will have a theater, and a 115-slip marina and the trust, which owns the pier, is seeking public comment until July 29.
Architects for the project include Handel Architects and Lot-Ek, among others. Youngwoo & Associates is the developer.
Through the use of shipping containers, Pier 57¿¿s program is a balance of open markets, galleries, restaurants and retail, distributed across four floors. A small boat marina sits below along the exterior esplanade.
The project's completion is slated for 2015. The pier, which was built in 1952 and once housed the Grace Lines cruises, has been vacant since 2004. It is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, the article said.
The future space, which is slated to include about 375,000 square feet and will cost about $210 million to build, sparked concern among some community members and local officials, the article said.
State Senator Tom Duane and State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, whose district covers Chelsea, issued a statement expressing apprehension about the possible effects on local residents, and on the safety of pedestrians beside such a large street, the article said.
Edward Kirkland, a Community Board 4 member, also expressed concerns about the traffic, the article continued, and Christine Berthet of CB4's transportation committee said her main concern was bicycle movement amid the crowds.
The article said that Noreen Doyle, Executive Vice President of the Hudson River Park Trust, said that the trust knows that "traffic issues, including those related to pedestrians and bikes, are extremely important to the community."
The plans, which have been posted online, call for a two-floor marketplace, a two-acre rooftop open space where the TriBeCa Film Festival will have a theater, and a 115-slip marina and the trust, which owns the pier, is seeking public comment until July 29.
Architects for the project include Handel Architects and Lot-Ek, among others. Youngwoo & Associates is the developer.
Through the use of shipping containers, Pier 57¿¿s program is a balance of open markets, galleries, restaurants and retail, distributed across four floors. A small boat marina sits below along the exterior esplanade.
The project's completion is slated for 2015. The pier, which was built in 1952 and once housed the Grace Lines cruises, has been vacant since 2004. It is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, the article said.
The future space, which is slated to include about 375,000 square feet and will cost about $210 million to build, sparked concern among some community members and local officials, the article said.
State Senator Tom Duane and State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, whose district covers Chelsea, issued a statement expressing apprehension about the possible effects on local residents, and on the safety of pedestrians beside such a large street, the article said.
Edward Kirkland, a Community Board 4 member, also expressed concerns about the traffic, the article continued, and Christine Berthet of CB4's transportation committee said her main concern was bicycle movement amid the crowds.
The article said that Noreen Doyle, Executive Vice President of the Hudson River Park Trust, said that the trust knows that "traffic issues, including those related to pedestrians and bikes, are extremely important to the community."
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Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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