PATHS TO PIER 42 INTERIM PARK, JULY 2015 RENDERING OF FUTURE PARK, COURTESY OF NYC PARKS

EAST RIVER WATERFRONT W. 54th ST. WILLIAMSBURG PLANNING & CONSTRUCTION BRIDGE

HUDSONRIVER E. 40th ST. E. 38th ST.

EAST RIVER PARK

CORLEARS HOOK E. 23rd ST.

PARK EAST RIVER R MONTGOMERYST. MANHATTAN FUTURE PARK PATHS TO PIER 42 INTERIM PARK BRIDGE BASKETBALL CITY E V PIER 42 I PIER 35-36 FUTURE PIER 35 R ECOPARK S T E A BK BRIDGE 2011 2015 2016 2017 2018 2012 2013 2010 2014 2009 2008

4 2 3 CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ESTIMATED COMPLETION 1 ON PIER 35 PARK OF PIER 35 PARK PLANS BEGIN ON PIER 35 PARK FOCUS AREA NYC PARKS TAKES PIER 42 MASTERPLAN PHASE 1 OF CONSTRUCTION OVER PIER 42 APPROVED BY CB3 TO BEGIN ON PERMANENT PARKS COMMITTEE PARK AT PIER 42 THE LES WATERFRONT ALLIANCE RELEASES PATHS TO PIER 42 THE PEOPLE’S PLAN PROGRAMMING: 201315 PROJECT EXTENTS FOR THE EAST RIVER THE EAST RIVER WATERFRONT BLUEWAY PLAN IS NYCEDC FUTURE PIER 35 EAST RIVER BLUEWAY RELEASED NYS FUNDING AWARDED CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN ON 1 ECO-PARK STUDY AREA RELEASES TO THE LESEC TO BUILD LESEC CENTER WETLAND PLAN FOR THE AN ARTIFICIAL WETLAND PIER 42 FUTURE EAST RIVER 2 THE BIG U - PROPOSED WATERFRONT SUPER PERMANENT PARK STORM SANDY REBUILD BY FUNDED PORTION OF BIG U PHASE 1 OF CONSTRUCTION 3 PATHS TO PIER 42 EAST SIDE COASTAL DESIGN BECOMES THE EAST SIDE TO BEGIN ON THE EAST SIDE INTERIM PARK RESILIENCY PROJECT - FUNDED COMPETITION COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT PROJECT TIMELINES ECOLOGY 4 CENTER WETLAND

DIRECTLY LEADS TO INFORMS / INFLUENCES

2009-2011 The People’s Plan for the East River 2009-PRESENT In 2009, the city announced 2013-PRESENT Launched in the wake of 2014-PRESENT In 2014, the Lower East Side Waterfront and the East River Blueway Plan are plans to turn Pier 35 into an eco-park, as part of , the federally administered Ecology Center (LESEC) was awarded a $1M NYS two community-based initiatives that provide the broader renovation plans of the East River Rebuild by Design competition generated grant to create an artificial wetland in East River planning and design recommendations for the Esplanade in lower Manhattan. Overseen by the locally-responsive design proposals to protect Park. The project will be a model for local, East River Waterfront. Both have helped inform NYCEDC, the project aims to re-establish the waterfront communities in NY and NJ. The winning sustainable waste management in a metropolitan subsequent waterfront initiatives now approaching biodiversity of the East River by re-creating proposal for lower Manhattan, the “Big U,” is a 10 setting, and will be the first significant public construction, including Pier 42 Park and the East habitats for native plants and wildlife, and mile flood barrier system to shield the city against demonstration of on-site wastewater treatment in Side Coastal Resiliency Project. The People’s Plan includes a 65ft long marine station where stormwater while providing social and lower Manhattan. The wetland will also serve as an was released by the LES Waterfront Alliance, and scientists plan to experiment with a live mussel environmental benefits to the community. In 2014, educational tool to teach about composting, focuses on the LES waterfront and Pier 42. The bed. Construction is expected to be complete by $335M was allocated to build a section of the storm water runoff, waste reduction, and human Blueway Plan was commissioned by the city, led early 2017. design from Montgomery Street to 23rd Street, impacts on urban ecological systems. by WXY Architecture + Urban Design, and looks at renamed the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project. Construction is expected to begin in 2016. an area from the Bridge to E. 38th street. Construction is expected to begin in 2017. THANK YOU! www.hesterstreet.org www.peoplemakeparks.org www.pathstopier42.com