Wagner Park Explained

Location:Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York
Coordinates:40.7053°N -74.0186°W
Etymology:Robert F. Wagner Jr.
Created:1996
Status:Open

Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (also known as Wagner Park) is a green space in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The park is sited on landfill from the World Trade Center site[1] and opened in 1996.[2] It was designed by a partnership of Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, Hannah/Olin, and Lynden B. Miller. The park is named after Robert F. Wagner Jr., who helped negotiate the 1979 master plan for Battery Park City[3] before his sudden death in 1993.[4] The park is just north of City Pier A at the southern end of Manhattan.[5]

As of 2022, the park was being planned for demolition, although locals are fighting to save the park.[6] [7] [8] [9] The demolition is slated as part of a flood resiliency project, and the plans call for razing and rebuilding the park.[10] In response to the public pressure, the committee has enlarged the area dedicated to lawns in the plans, although the rebuilt lawns would still contain 10 percent less green space.[11] [12], the plans called for removing 48 trees and raising the park's elevation from 11to, where 139 trees would be planted.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wagner Park, From Concept to Construction . August 25, 2022 . Machado Silvetti.
  2. Web site: Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park The Cultural Landscape Foundation . August 25, 2022 . www.tclf.org.
  3. Web site: Wagner Park - BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY . August 25, 2022 . bpca.ny.gov.
  4. News: Goldberger. Paul. November 24, 1996. A Small Park Proves That Size Isn't Everything. en-US. The New York Times. October 25, 2022. 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: Glassman . Carl . 2022-03-27 . Goodbye to Today's Wagner Park. Two Years of Resiliency Redo Lies Ahead . 2022-10-14 . Tribeca Trib Online . April 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220423014829/http://tribecatrib.com/content/goodbye-todays-wagner-park-two-years-resiliency-redo-lies-ahead . live .
  6. Web site: Locals Fight to Save Wagner Park in Lower Manhattan . August 25, 2022 . NBC New York . en-US.
  7. Web site: Maldonado . Samantha . May 16, 2022 . In Battery Park City, Another Plan to Destroy a Green Space In Order to Save It . August 25, 2022 . The City . en.
  8. Web site: Feldman . Eric . August 16, 2022 . Pushback to Battery Park City Resiliency Project leads to proposed changes . August 25, 2022 . www.ny1.com . en.
  9. Web site: Hemphill . Anjali . August 17, 2022 . Locals Rally to Halt $220M Plan They Say Will Ruin Popular Manhattan Waterfront Park . August 25, 2022 . MSN . en-US.
  10. Web site: Resiliency - BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY . August 25, 2022 . bpca.ny.gov.
  11. Web site: Battery Park City resiliency project gets eleventh-hour greenspace boost . Crain's New York Business . Spivack . Caroline . August 16, 2022 . October 25, 2022.
  12. Web site: Allen . Dashiell . August 18, 2022 . B.P.C.A. pledges '10 more trees, expanded lawn space' as contentious Wagner Park raze-and-rebuild resiliency project set to start . August 25, 2022 . The Village Sun . en-US.
  13. News: Hu. Winnie. Barnard. Anne. October 21, 2022. A Plan to Save a Beloved Park From Flooding Has Angered Its Biggest Fans. en-US. The New York Times. October 25, 2022. 0362-4331.

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