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40°42′19″N 74°1′7″W / 40.70528°N 74.01861°W / 40.70528; -74.01861
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Wagner Park
Location Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York
Coordinates 40°42′19″N 74°1′7″W / 40.70528°N 74.01861°W / 40.70528; -74.01861
Created1996
Etymology Robert F. Wagner Jr.
StatusOpen

Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (also known as Wagner Park) is a green space in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The park is sited on landfill from the World Trade Center site [1] and opened in 1996. [2] [3] It was designed by a partnership of Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, Hannah/Olin, and Lynden B. Miller. [2] The park is named after Robert F. Wagner Jr., who helped negotiate the 1979 master plan for Battery Park City [4] before his sudden death in 1993. [2] The park is just north of City Pier A at the southern end of Manhattan. [5]

As of 2022, the park was being planned for demolition, although locals are fighting to save the park. [6] [7] [8] [9] The demolition is slated as part of a flood resiliency project, and the plans call for razing and rebuilding the park. [10] [11] In response to the public pressure, the committee has enlarged the area dedicated to lawns in the plans, although the rebuilt lawns would still contain 10 percent less green space. [12] [13] As of October 2022, the plans called for removing 48 trees and raising the park's elevation from 11 to 20 feet (3.4 to 6.1 m), where 139 trees would be planted. [11]

References

  1. ^ "Wagner Park, From Concept to Construction". Machado Silvetti. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Goldberger, Paul (November 24, 1996). "A Small Park Proves That Size Isn't Everything". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park | The Cultural Landscape Foundation". www.tclf.org. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Wagner Park - BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY". bpca.ny.gov. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  5. ^ Glassman, Carl (March 27, 2022). "Goodbye to Today's Wagner Park. Two Years of Resiliency Redo Lies Ahead". Tribeca Trib Online. Archived from the original on April 23, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "Locals Fight to Save Wagner Park in Lower Manhattan". NBC New York. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  7. ^ Maldonado, Samantha (May 16, 2022). "In Battery Park City, Another Plan to Destroy a Green Space In Order to Save It". The City. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  8. ^ Feldman, Eric (August 16, 2022). "Pushback to Battery Park City Resiliency Project leads to proposed changes". www.ny1.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  9. ^ Hemphill, Anjali (August 17, 2022). "Locals Rally to Halt $220M Plan They Say Will Ruin Popular Manhattan Waterfront Park". MSN. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  10. ^ "Resiliency - BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY". bpca.ny.gov. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Hu, Winnie; Barnard, Anne (October 21, 2022). "A Plan to Save a Beloved Park From Flooding Has Angered Its Biggest Fans". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  12. ^ Spivack, Caroline (August 16, 2022). "Battery Park City resiliency project gets eleventh-hour greenspace boost". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  13. ^ Allen, Dashiell (August 18, 2022). "B.P.C.A. pledges '10 more trees, expanded lawn space' as contentious Wagner Park raze-and-rebuild resiliency project set to start". The Village Sun. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
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Manhattan is the most popular city in New York City. This diverse city is made up of 64 Neighborhoods and 4 primary sections. Manhattan, originality named ‘Mannahatta’ was inhabited by the Lenape people. Later in 1664 the British took control of the colony and named it New York. The city is made ups of 4 primary sectors Downtown, Midtown, Uptown, and Harlem and The Heights. The areas south of 14th Street are considered part of Downtown. Midtown extends from 14th Street to the southern border of Central Park at 59th Street. Uptown is 60th to 116th Streets and north of 116th is considered Harlem. [1] In these 4 primary sections are 64 neighborhoods including; Alphabet City, Battery Park City, Bloomingdale District, Bowery, Carnegie Hill, Central Park, Chelsea, Chinatown, Civic Center, East Harlem, East Village, Financial District, Fort George, Garment District, Governors Island, Gramercy, Greenwich Village, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Hell’s Kitchen (Clinton), The Highline, Hudson Heights, Hudson Square, Hudson Yards, Inwood, Kips Bay, Lenox Hill, Lincoln Square, Little Italy/Nolita, Lower East Side, Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Marble Hill, Meatpacking District, Metropolitan Hill, Midtown, Midtown East, Midtown South, Morningside heights, Murray Hill, Noho, Nomad, Randall’s Island, Roosevelt Island, Rose Hill, Soho, South Street Seaport, Spanish Harlem (El Barrio), Stuyvesant Town, Sugar Hill, Sutton Place, Theater District (Times Square), Tribeca, Tudor City, Turtle Bay, Two Bridges, Union Square, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Washington Heights, West Village, World Trade Center, and Yorkville. [2]

Downtown Manhattan are known as the areas below 14th Street and commonly well known as the business hub of New York. This includes some well known areas like Wall Street, the Brooklyn Bride entrance, Financial District, World Trade Center cite, and historic Seaport District. This was the original start of the city back in 1624 and is the southern part of the island. This is the oldest part of the city with arrays of architecture, soaring skyscrapers, and historical areas. [3] The NYTimes has a walking tour of this area that can be found here: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/ref/travel/TOUR-LM.html

Midtown Manhattan, the tourist hub of the city, is filled with everything that makes the city what it is. This section is known as the areas between 14th street and the south boarder of Central Park on 59th street. In 1807 the city planners of the city began to create a grid system and was finalized 4 years later for the plans to create Midtown Manhattan. Some famous landmarks/areas in Midtown include; Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Empire State Building, Bryant Park, Times Square, Madison Square Garden, and Carnegie Hall. [4] The NYTimes has a walking tour of this area that can be found here: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/ref/travel/TOUR-MID.html?scp=1&sq=Magnificent%2520Tree&st=cse

Uptown Manhattan is located from the south end of Central Park to to not most point of it spanning across 60th street to 116th street. This specific area of Manhattan is one of the most sought after places to reside in with neighborhoods such as the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side. Along the east side of the island is also a small island, Roosevelt Island, commonly used in the 19th century for prisons, institutions, and rehabilitation. [5] The NYTimes has a walking tour of the Upper West Side that can be found here: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/ref/travel/TOUR-WS.html?ref=untapped-new-york.ghost.io

Harlem and The Heights are all of the neighborhoods in Manhattan above 116th street. Harlem is known internationally as the Black Mecca of the world, but has been home to the Dutch, Irish, German, Italian, and Jewish. This was originally farmland when it was first settled back in 1658 and undeveloped for about 200 years. The IRT subway line was finished in 1904 and people assumed this would make Harlem desirable to relocate to. With such easy access to the city, many developers built apartments and home anticipating the move from lower to upper Manhattan. Unfortunately, this was an over speculations and most places were left unsold. A real estate agent, Philip A. Payton, approach many of the landlords with proposition to have black families move into these home, eventually creating ‘Black Harlem’ in the early 1900’s. During this time the Harlem boomed with culture and artistic expression also known as the ‘Harlem Renaissance’ in the 1920’s. [6] Here is a short walk through of Harlem from the NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/arts/design/harlem-virtual-tour.html

Overall, Manhattan is a very large city spanning over 13 miles long [7] of city, history, and opportunity. Spanning through 4 primary sections, this city offers thousands of places to visit and discover.

  1. ^ https://www.gobeyondthesquare.com/post/manhattan-uptown-downtown-and-the-places-in-between-2
  2. ^ https://www.cityneighborhoods.nyc/manhattan-neighborhoods
  3. ^ https://infographicworld.com/downtown-manhattan-the-little-known-history-of-downtown-manhattan/
  4. ^ https://thedisabilityguys.com/the-history-of-midtown-manhattan/
  5. ^ https://rioc.ny.gov/161/Island-History
  6. ^ https://www.vagelos.columbia.edu/education/residencies-fellowships-and-training/harlem-hospital-center/about-harlem-hospital-center/our-history/harlem-and-new-york-city#:~:text=Harlem%20is%20known%20internationally%20as,territory%20for%20approximately%20200%20years.
  7. ^ https://www.nyctourism.com/visitor-info/#:~:text=Manhattan%20Island%20is%20roughly%2013.4,across%20at%20its%20widest%20point.
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