LOT-EK Lands Pier 57
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On Thursday, the Hudson River Park Trust announced a winning plan for Pier 57, the brooding hulk at West 15th Street: a rooftop park crowning a small city of local artisans working out of shipping containers, the vision of developer YoungWoo & Associates with New York architects LOT-EK.
The Hudson River Park board and community advocates both picked YoungWoo over competing plans from the Related Companies and the Durst Organization, but for different reasons, said board president Connie Fishman. “The community working group liked the fact that it generated fewer vehicular trips,” she said, while the board focused on the plan’s financial feasibility (YoungWoo’s proposed cost was $191 million, compared to Durst’s $330 million and Related’s $353 million). Both the board and the community cited YoungWoo’s emphasis on the arts and innovative mix of uses.
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The Hudson River Park board and community advocates both picked YoungWoo over competing plans from the Related Companies and the Durst Organization, but for different reasons, said board president Connie Fishman. “The community working group liked the fact that it generated fewer vehicular trips,” she said, while the board focused on the plan’s financial feasibility (YoungWoo’s proposed cost was $191 million, compared to Durst’s $330 million and Related’s $353 million). Both the board and the community cited YoungWoo’s emphasis on the arts and innovative mix of uses.
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