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3. Existing Conditions 125125Th Street Fig 3.1 Site Context 25Th25t255th5 Strstre CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS 3. Existing Conditions 125125th Street Fig 3.1 Site Context 25th25t255th5 StrStre Louis Cuvillier Park RFK Bridge Port Morris idgeiddgdged e 116th Street Oak Point ManhattanM h r Yard Valley Randall’s Island Park East River Bronx Kill Mall Randall’sRaRanandaallll East Harlem MCSM Jefferson IslandIslla d Long 106th Street Park Little Island Central Hell Gate Sound Park East River Wards Island Playground Pier 107 Sewage Treatment Facility Astoria Gas Generating Playground Station 96th Street 103 Wards Island Bridge CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITASMetropolitan CIVITASm RCIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITASEast River CIVITAS Hospital Center HellHe Gate Bridge Harlem River Ward’s Island eel Park CCarnegie Stanley Isaacs Marine Transfer Station Playground ridge Hill dg e 90th Street Ferry Terminal Ave Ruppert th Park Mill RFK Bridge 5th5 Ave 86th Street Rock Hell Gate Astoria Asphalt Park Madison Ave Green Pot Horn’s Whitney Ford Park Ave Cove Hook Field Lexington Ave 3rd Ave Yorkville Upperp CIVITAS CIVITAS2nd Ave CIVITASCarl CIVITASSchurz CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS EastEEa Park 79th Street SideS 1st Ave York Ave East End Ave 72nd Street Hallet’s Cove Grand Central Parkway John Jay Astoria Park Socrates Sculpture 67th Street Lenox Hill Con Ed Park Rainey Park CIVITAS CIVITASNY CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS Presbyterian East River Roosevelt Island Hospital Bridge The Rockefeller University 59th Street Roosevelt Island Str Ravenswood 24 Sycamores Ravenswood Park Generating Station Andrew Haswell Sutton Ed Koch QueensboroGreen BridgePark Legend Place Queensbridge Esplanade Access Points Park e Commercial and Office Buildings Transportation and Utility Public Facilities and Institutions Open Space and Outdoor Recreation FDR Four Freedoms Dutch Kills Park Long Island City Green Parking Facilities 12 East River Esplanade Vision Plan Introduction The Esplanade also provides wide distant Establishing a thorough understanding views, open blue sky, proximity to the river, of the East River Esplanade’s contextual bright sunlight, river breezes, and respite environment was the first step toward from the urban grid. However, participants beginning the process of discerning related at the community and stakeholder meetings opportunities. Initially, it was necessary to expressed optimism that the experience decipher which elements were intrinsic for could be vastly improved. generating effective research. Fundamental During the meetings with community elements were determined to be physical members and stakeholders, recurring characteristics, adjacent land uses, planned complaints and wishes were aired. These projects, site circulation and connectivity themes included: noise, the lack of to the greater city. The following section restrooms and other utilities, difficulty provides a summary of the key factors that of access from certain places, lack of a will impact future planning efforts and clear separation between bicyclists and guide opportunities for improvement to the pedestrians, and pinch points where the Esplanade. lack of space makes use difficult. Safety CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITASwas mentioned, butCIVITAS largely in the context CIVITAS of CIVITAS CIVITAS inadequate access to the Esplanade in the Views event that a person needs an ambulance Because of the expansive openness of the or police officer. Comments regarding Harlem and East Rivers, the Esplanade maintenance tended to focus on the overall offers many interesting views out towards deterioration of the structure, sinkholes, the water and back to the city. The swift and the closed Pier 107 pavilion. Hudson moving East River is surrounded by the River Park was cited numerous times in tall buildings of the Upper East Side and comparison. The references frequently Roosevelt Island, which feel within close noted the quality of opportunities available, proximity to an Esplanade user. At Carl basic amenities such as restrooms, the level CIVITASSchurz Park, CIVITAS far-reaching views CIVITAS open up to CIVITASof upkeep, and the CIVITAS separation of pedestrians CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS the presence of the large bay and Hell Gate. and bicyclists. However, views feel more compressed when seen from sections of the Esplanade that parallel Roosevelt Island, and Randall’s and Physical Plan of Esplanade Wards Island. Views of the Queensboro, The East River Esplanade from 60th to RFK, Hell Gate, and Wards Island Bridges 125th street is the focus of this study, and are some of the best in the city. is approximately 3.1 acres in area and over 3.4 miles in length (DPR). Officially named the Bobby Wagner Walk and sometimes Quality of Experience referred to as the East River Walk or FDR CIVITASThe quality CIVITAS of a user’s experienceCIVITAS on CIVITASDrive Greenway, theCIVITAS Esplanade is one CIVITAS of the CIVITAS CIVITAS the Esplanade is dependent upon their oldest portions of the Manhattan Waterfront perception of the space. Maintenance, Greenway. In 2003, cyclists were permitted cleanliness, noise, safety, programming, on the Esplanade and this created a multi- access, character, physical dimensions, use zone along a narrow path with no physical and design are all characteristics of a separation delineated between cyclists and place that shape the user’s overall quality pedestrians. There are numerous narrow of experience. Despite its flaws, people portions along the Esplanade with several continually utilize this segment of the extreme constriction points that will be Esplanade because it is one of the few places discussed later in this report. Examples are in New York City that offers a continuous, the path adjacent to Consolidated Edison car-free environment where pedestrian and (Con Ed), the 81st Street staircase, and bicycle movement is not interrupted with north of 120th Street. stoplights and crosswalks. Ironically, the experience is still automobile-dominated because of the adjacent FDR. The ability to move at one’s own pace, whether strolling or running, for miles instead of feet, exists only at the City’s edges and in a few large parks. CIVITAS | Mathews Nielsen 13 Fig. 3.2 Noise Mitigation Techniques Vegetative Buffer - 5 dB Reduction CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITASSound Wall CIVITAS- 5 dB Reduction CIVITAS HighCIVITAS Sound Wall - 10 CIVITAS dB Reduction CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS CIVITAS Tall Berm - 10 dB Reduction Berm/ Wall - 6.5 dB Reduction Berm - 5 dB Reduction 14 East River Esplanade Vision Plan Noise The East River Esplanade is an extremely is mitigated by an increase in the use of Fig. 3.3 Esplanade Noise loud environment for recreation with electric and/or hybrid vehicles with quieter average noise levels in the range of 75-85 engines. Enforcement of speed limits and dB, and peaks of up to 97.5 dB. Peak dB maintaining a high level of roadway surface levels are equivalent to the noise emitted by smoothness would also contribute to a a lawn mower. Even the average range of reduction in noise levels. 75-85 dB exceeds the dB level acceptable for typical human speech or conversation and, A second approach to moderating loud noise not surprisingly, reduces the experiential entails constructing barriers that block quality of the Esplanade. sound from reaching Esplanade users. Construction would be in the form of a solid The primary source of this noise is vehicular structure that has the ability to reduce noise traffic from the FDR Drive. Noise levels vary levels by dissipating or absorbing sound. based on the volume and speed of this traffic. Barriers can be constructed from a wide Given the proximity of the Esplanade to the choice of building materials that run the FDR, noise mitigation is a critical condition gamut of solid earth to metal, glass, wood, that must be addressed for the Esplanade or stone constructs, with each material CIVITASto become CIVITASa more enjoyable CIVITAS space and CIVITASvarying in its ability CIVITAS to reduce noise CIVITAS levels. CIVITAS CIVITAS resource for the community. There are Unfortunately, vegetation, in the form of several locations along it where noise levels trees and shrubs, cannot be used adequately fall below the average levels noted above. for noise mitigation unless a wide, densely The Esplanade at Carl Schurz Park is one of planted buffer is feasible. Figure 3.2 the quietest sections due to its construction illustrates some of the requirements and on a deck over the FDR. However, most challenges of implementing different noise sections of it are directly adjacent to the mitigation strategies. FDR and do not provide similar relief from vehicular noise. Solving the challenge of noise is complicated. Construction of a physical wall between CIVITASExcess levels CIVITAS of noise negatively CIVITAS affect CIVITASthe Esplanade and CIVITAS the FDR may CIVITAS reduce CIVITAS CIVITAS public health and have been linked to noise, but safety is also a concern. Along hearing loss, increased stress, and anxiety. narrow segments, users are less visible and As previously stated, noise levels negatively may feel unsafe in an environment where affect the quality of the Esplanade user’s motion is constrained to a narrow corridor experience. Programming opportunities, and access points are limited. However, the such as community movie nights, musical FDR is already depressed
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