part of Battery Park City
layout - microclimatic assymetry (lawn on sunny side/play on shady side)
Michael Van Valkenburgh and associates were inspired by Olmstead: "For a park to be great, it has to have range."
aerial view of shady half
sand lot
slide/sand pit
alternate route to top of slide
portal through wall
27-foot bluestone wall
aerial view of sunny side
shadbush hill loooking towards witchhazel dell
marsh
secret marshy path
helleborus, halesia, shadbush, chokeberry, redbud, beech, birch, witch hazel, viburnum, fern
path down from...
and up to...
reading circle
view from lawn to wall and hilltop reading circle
part of Battery Park City
layout - microclimatic assymetry (lawn on sunny side/play on shady side)
Michael Van Valkenburgh and associates were inspired by Olmstead: "For a park to be great, it has to have range."
aerial view of shady half
sand lot
slide/sand pit
alternate route to top of slide
portal through wall
27-foot bluestone wall 
aerial view of sunny side
shadbush hill loooking towards witchhazel dell
marsh
secret marshy path
helleborus, halesia, shadbush, chokeberry, redbud, beech, birch, witch hazel, viburnum, fern
path down from...
and up to...
reading circle
view from lawn to wall and hilltop reading circle
This looks amazing. Will have to figure which is the nearest subway station.
ReplyDeleteI think the closest one is Chambers St.
ReplyDeleteHi Katie,
ReplyDeleteI am a design student at the Fashion Institute of Technology and I'm currently doing a student project on parks, including Teardrop Park, I was wondering if I may have permission to use your photos of the park in my project. I will, of course, credit you in my project.
So sorry for the very late response! I never got this for some reason. Hope the project went well!
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