Williamsburg Waterfront—This
exciting Waterfront Project is situated overlooking the East
River and Lower Manhattan, the site is comprised of an assemblage
of lots totaling 238,000 square feet allowing for a mixed
use complex of approximately 1,700,000 square feet. Located
in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, our concept
was to create a project that would improve the waterfront
and provide a wide variety of spaces for the public such
as, lunchtime sunning areas, an esplanade for strolling along
the river's edge, gathering places for public events, and
quiet interior courts. The plan takes as its theme an acceptance
of all that is desirable about New York's basic pattern of
development. Included are the City's system of streets and
blocks, its prevalent buildings forms, its density, its mixed
land use and its efficient transportation systems. The objective
has been to refine and develop these familiar elements of
the New York's environment and to adapt them to the unique
opportunities presented by a magnificent waterfront site.