Battery Park City Streetscapes

Battery Park City Streetscapes

Rogers Partners provided enhanced pedestrian connections to public spaces and amenities, and created a new identity for this residential, business and touristic neighborhood along the Hudson River and across from the World Trade Center. 

AIA Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design | International Design Awards, 1st Place in Urban Design | AIANY Design Awards, Project Merit Award | EDRA Great Places Awards, Place Planning Award | ASLA Professional Awards, Honor Award for Analysis and Planning. Full list of awards
Infrastructure, Landscape Architecture, Public Realm, Public Spaces + Parks, Urban Design, Waterfront, 
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The project combines diverse programmatic requirements into a synthesized urban design and management solution. Amenities are integrated with security considerations throughout the North Neighborhood and World Financial Center. Security is seamlessly fused into the urban fabric at all scales, from urban planning to material details.

Illuminated bench seating, glowing glass shade canopies, a plant nursery, grass covered berms and paving variety create gracious pedestrian areas. At the neighborhood scale, the design solution adjusts curb lines, changes traffic patterns, and re-assigns neighborhood streets to reduce vehicular speeds approaching sensitive financial institutions. Landscape provides security for nearby buildings: a combination of earth-backed walls, grass-covered berms, and collapsible paving systems do double duty as pedestrian zones and perimeter security.