Owner: Battery Park City Authority

Battery Park City

Pedestrians walk along a wide, paved riverside path lined with green trees, benches, and classic street lamps, with a city skyline visible across the water.

Created from fill from the construction of the original World Trade Center towers, the site that is now Battery Park City was originally devoid of natural features, such as topography, vegetation and microclimatic diversity. Today, the 92-acre residential and commercial development encompasses an extensive public open space system, including a riverside esplanade, several miles of […]

Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park

A man sits on a long wooden bench in a grassy park under a clear blue sky, with a large brick pavilion and city skyscrapers in the background.

Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park was the final and southernmost waterfront park to be developed in accordance with the 1978 Battery Park City Master Plan. OLIN was fueled by a desire to break from traditional garden design and make the park reflective of New York City at the end of the 20th century. The landscape […]