A rather new park has emerged in New York. “Little Island” and its 132 concrete tulips were christened on Friday. This one has its feet in the Hudson River and is only accessible by two pedestrian bridges.
The park was designed by landscape designer Signe Nielsen and largely funded by billionaire Barry Diller. The media mogul has invested around $ 260 million with his foundation which he runs with his wife, designer Diane von Furstenberg.
Both also pledged to cover the maintenance costs of the park for twenty years. Which would bring the final bill to nearly $ 380 million. A crazy figure for a contribution to a public garden.
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Already adopted by New Yorkers
“Little Island” was built on the old pier 54 where the survivors of the Titanic landed in April 1912. Today this garden is located at heights between 5 and 18 meters, a desire to highlight the 350 flowers of different species and weighing 68 tons each. A green space particularly popular with New Yorkers after the pandemic.
“It’s a really nice place to cut a little bit with the city, especially here on the southern tip of Manhattan, where we don’t have a lot of green space,” said Lauren Moon Fraser, lying on the floor. the lawn with her baby.
The park is part of a comprehensive Hudson Docks development project between 59th Street and Battery Park City, south of Manhattan. This also includes an amphitheater with 700 seats.
Yet the park of renewal almost never rose from the ground. The fault of many legal remedies until the release by Andrew Cuomo, the governor of the State of New York who managed to find an agreement between the parties.
