Wednesday, June 6, 2007

OuterB on Queens Real Estate: Gateway National Park - Update!

Gateway National Park - Update!

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June 5th, 2007
by MegC

More - Rockaways

Gateway National Park, as I wrote about a few weeks ago, was deemed to be the worst national park in the country. I also mentioned that there was going to be a design competition for Floyd Bennet Field, called “Envisioning Gateway”. Well, a winner has been chosen! In this case, it’s a couple of young guys from Michican - Ashley Scott Kelly, 22, and Rikako Wakabayashi, 23. These guys spent three months on their entry project, calling it “Mapping the Ecotone”. It will include a tidal pool, pedestrian bridges and a channel cutting into the park that will also be able to handle rising sea levels (hello global warming).

Now, even though the final design has been chosen, you can voice your opinion on the other entries, by going to the Envisioning Gateway website, linked below.

Related:
Gateway park open for major makeover [NY Daily News]
Gateway Nat’l Park design chosen [The Real Deal]
The Gateway to Queens [previously on Outer B]
Envisioning Gateway [National Parks Conservation Society Competition Site]

Photo credit: Lia Pelosi