The Architect · Lina · New York
Battery Park City Esplanade
Architects study Battery Park City as the model for building a whole neighborhood from scratch on landfill with a coherent plan. Walk the esplanade at sunset: the continuous river edge, the consistent street wall, the parks stitched between. It's urban design you can read with your feet.
A masterplanned waterfront neighborhood — the textbook case of how to build new city on landfill.
— Lina, The Architect
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