• Master
Plan (2003)
• Economic Perspective
• Framework (2001)
Master
Plan
 In
June 2002 the Department of City Planning, in partnership
with the New York City Economic Development Corporation,
engaged a multi-disciplinary Urban Design consultant
team to create a master plan for
the transformation of the Hudson Yards area. The
design team, led by Cooper, Robertson & Partners,
assisted the department in
developing a comprehensive, integrated urban
design plan for a vibrant new central
business district and mixed-use community. The
plan envisions
a built environment that integrates design excellence
with public open space and streetscape improvements.
It is a plan that reclaims the streets for pedestrians,
establishes a human scale and recaptures this long-neglected
area as a vital part of Midtown and New York City.
This project provides the rarest of opportunities
to build a vast and dynamic district at the heart
of our city, a place where people will want to work,
live, visit and invest. This district will reinforce
the thriving neighborhoods to the north,
east, and south, while creating a vibrant new place
with generous open spaces, an inviting waterfront,
new residential and office development, 24-hour activities,
and innovative architecture worthy of New York City.
Working together, we can turn this vision into reality,
providing for the city's long-term health and vitality.
At a public forum held in November 2002, the
department and the
consultants
presented
the site analysis, providing an
overview of the Hudson Yards area today including
its assets and challenges, and a vision
and roadmap for change.
On February 10, 2003, the department held a second
public forum at which a Preferred Direction for
the planning
of the Hudson Yards area was presented. The presentation
reviewed the assets and challenges of the Hudson
Yards area and described the rationale for its
future redevelopment.
The Preferred Direction proposes a series of public sector actions
that would be the catalyst for this new district: expansion
of mass transit, development of great public buildings, creation of a dynamic
and place-defining
open space network, and restructuring of the existing zoning districts to provide
a vibrant mix of uses and great architecture. A synopsis of the Preferred Direction
Plan is contained in the following PDF document:
 Preferred
Direction Plan - February 2003 (1.70 MB)
Urban Design Master Plan Consultant
Team:
| Cooper
Robertson & Partners |
Architects/
Urban Designer |
| Arquitectonica |
Architects |
| Olin Partnership |
Landscape architects |
| Battle McCarthy Ltd |
Sustainable Design
Consulting Engineer |
| Flack + Kurtz |
Sustainable Design |
| Philip Habib & Associates |
Traffic Consultant |
| Thornton Thomasetti |
Engineering Services |
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