13. City Pier A
AKA: Pier A, Liberty Gateway
Location: South end of Battery Place at Hudson River
Built: 1884-1886
Architect: George Sears Greene, Jr.
National Register Number: 75001203
Listed: June 27, 1975
Visited: August 19, 2007
While I don't intend to pay for the New York Times article this realdeal.net story is based on, it seems as if something is FINALLY going to happen to this pier, which has been under scaffolding as long as I can remember. And as long as I can remember, its immediate surroundings have been growing in beauty and utility. Robert F. Wagner Jr. park, where I took most of the pier photos, was always pleasant to begin with, but today, the rows of trees that once seemed like a token effort towards greenery when I first knew them now form a canopy -- it's dark underneath! -- and the gardens were filled with buzzy insects, a sure sign of an intelligently designed habitat. (Take care of the insects and the rest will follow, I say.) Compared to all this, the unrefinished pier is an oasis of visual confusion.
The NYC Economic Development Corporation's plans for the pier using it for ferry service to and from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island; after spending nearly a whole hour in the heat on a line for these ferries a few weeks ago, all I can say is godspeed.
Location: South end of Battery Place at Hudson River
Built: 1884-1886
Architect: George Sears Greene, Jr.
National Register Number: 75001203
Listed: June 27, 1975
Visited: August 19, 2007
While I don't intend to pay for the New York Times article this realdeal.net story is based on, it seems as if something is FINALLY going to happen to this pier, which has been under scaffolding as long as I can remember. And as long as I can remember, its immediate surroundings have been growing in beauty and utility. Robert F. Wagner Jr. park, where I took most of the pier photos, was always pleasant to begin with, but today, the rows of trees that once seemed like a token effort towards greenery when I first knew them now form a canopy -- it's dark underneath! -- and the gardens were filled with buzzy insects, a sure sign of an intelligently designed habitat. (Take care of the insects and the rest will follow, I say.) Compared to all this, the unrefinished pier is an oasis of visual confusion.
The NYC Economic Development Corporation's plans for the pier using it for ferry service to and from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island; after spending nearly a whole hour in the heat on a line for these ferries a few weeks ago, all I can say is godspeed.
Labels: Battery Park, Financial District, George Sears Greene Jr.
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