Admittedly, it isn't a skyscraper but I don't want to create a thread just for this in the general development section.
Hudson River pier could be transformed into Midtown green space under new state law
By Brittany Kriegstein and Andrew Giambrone
Published Jul 26, 2024
Gothomist
"Midtown Manhattan’s Pier 76, a nearly 250,000-square-foot blacktop pier on the Hudson River, is set to become green space and possibly some commercial uses in the coming years, under a new state law that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed this week.
The law, which Hochul signed on Thursday, allows for new development on the pier that was formerly an NYPD tow pound at West 36th Street. At least half of the pier would have to be redesigned as park space, while any commercial uses would be restricted to east of Hudson River Park’s bulkhead, or seawall, according to the legislation.
Those uses could include “office development, amusement rides and tourist attractions, facilities for waterborne transportation activities and floating restaurants,” a memo on the bill states. But the Hudson River Park Trust, which stewards the four-mile-long riverfront park off the West Side Highway, would have the power to make up to 100% of the pier green space, and parking garages would not be permitted..."
https://gothamist.com/news/hudson-ri...-new-state-law
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