Thirty-Ninth Annual Awards for Excellence in Design

Reconstruction of Grant Park

Grant Avenue between East 169th Street and East 170th Street, Bronx

A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of Transportation

Stantec

Reconstruction of soccer fields at the Red Hook Recreation Area, Phase IV

Clinton Street, Bay Street, and Court Street, Brooklyn

A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation

Abel Bainnson Butz, LLP

Reconstruction of the Pool and Rink at the Harlem Meer

Central Park between East Drive and the Harlem Meer, Manhattan

A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Central Park Conservancy

Central Park Conservancy In-house Design

Susan T. Rodriguez Architecture & Design

Mitchell-Giurgola

Reconstruction of Gorman Playground

84th Street, 25th Avenue, 85th Street, and 30th Avenue, East Elmhurst, Queens

A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation

DPR In-house

Reconstruction of Dongan Playground

Adjacent to P.S. 52, Dongan Hills Avenue, Mason Avenue, and Buel Avenue Staten Island

A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation

DPR In-house

Reconstruction of Ericsson Playground

Adjacent to M.S. 126, Manhattan Avenue and Leonard Street, Brooklyn

A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation

James Corner Field Operations

Modular Comfort Station Prototype for Parks Citywide

Citywide

A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation

1100 Architect

Brownsville Library Renovation and Expansion

61 Glenmore Avenue, Brooklyn

A project of the Department of Design and Construction and Brooklyn Public Library

LTL Architects

Architectural Preservation Studio

Local Office Landscape + Urban Design

Paradise Parados by Teresita Fernandez

Robert W. Wilson Sculpture Terrace at BAM Strong, 651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn

A project of the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Teresita Fernandez

Camber Studios

Public Health Laboratory at the Harlem Hospital Center

A project of the Department of Cultural Affairs

40 West 137th Street, Manhattan

A project of the Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Health and Mental

Hygiene

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Waterfowl Management Program Building

Kensico Reservoir, Valhalla

A project of the Department of Environmental Protection

Hazen and Sawyer

Goshow Architects

Citywide Coastal Resiliency Initiatives

Including the Raise Shoreline program, the US Army Corps Staten Island Coastal Storm Risk Management and Rockaways Atlantic Shorefront Projects, East Side Coastal Resiliency, Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency, and the Interim Flood Protection Measures by the Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency, New York City Economic Development Corporation, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Transportation, New York City Emergency Management, and the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Parks Maintenance, Operations, and Art Conservation Staff

For their dedication and efforts providing safe and welcoming open spaces, which have been particularly critical for the health and wellbeing of New Yorkers during the pandemic, including the Department of Parks & Recreation, Asphalt Green, Bronx River Alliance, Bryant Park Corporation / 34th Street Partnership, Central Park Conservancy, City Parks Foundation, Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Forest Park Trust, Friends of the High Line, Greenbelt Conservancy, Historic House Trust, Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Madison Square Park Conservancy, New York Restoration Project, Prospect Park Alliance, Randall's Island Park Alliance, Riverside Park Conservancy, The Battery Conservancy, and Times Square