Almost complete park pictures from 12.20.14
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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
The streetlights? Fine, whatever. If they wanted to go in a classic traditional New York direction, ok. It's definetely not what I would have done. I would have gone very upscale and modern. You could still use warm natural materials just in contemporary ways. My beef is mostly what is up with all the bargain basement concrete everywhere? We're talking a development surrounding this park work with a $10 billion + investment. This end product for the park just doesn't look up to par with such a zone. Like I said I would have expected an effort and finish akin to Snøhetta's Times Square project here.
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Originally Posted by NYguy
Some examples, I'm having trouble seeing what you're talking about.
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HY park looks nice but I am also disappointed as I expected something more upscale being build around $25+ billion (including HY Phase 2) development . The park has trees, benches and lamps but the materials look "cheap" and not on the level of WTC Memorial Park or LIC River Park. NYguy asked for examples, but it's not about what the park has but rather what it lacks and that is quality finishing. Instead of building ridiculously expensive $75 million Hudson Yards sculpture they could spend most of that money to bump up the park.
Lamp from River Park West.
Tree from WTC Park
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