“Grand Army Plaza is New York City’s greatest unrealized asset. Home to powerful architecture, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch, the elegant Bailey Fountain, the entrance to Frederick Law Olmsted?s greatest park, and a major transit hub, the sum of these parts is today emphatically less than the whole. Currently an underdeveloped public amenity, the redesign of Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza will invigorate surrounding communities, just as the re-conception of Manhattan’s High Line set off an explosion of activity in West Chelsea.
To catalyze Grand Army Plaza’s rebirth, the Design Trust for Public Space, in partnership with the Grand Army Plaza Coalition, is launching an international ideas competition, “Reinventing Grand Army Plaza,” to generate new visions for every aspect of the plaza’s design.”
Submission deadline is April 2008.
(Source: Archiseek Newsletter of Januray 17 2008)
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