Waterside Plaza (Manhattan)

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Two of the four towers of Waterside Plaza viewed from the south, with the United Nations International School in the foreground.

The Waterside Plaza is from a settlement, Mitchell-Lama Housing Program was financed and the East River directly to the district Kips Bay in New York City District Manhattan is. Due to the closed location and the self-contained architecture, it is also understood as an independent district of New York.

location

Waterside Plaza is the only housing development in Manhattan currently east of FDR Drive - roughly level between East 26th Street and East 29th Street.

Transport links

The Manhattan Waterfront Greenway runs between FDR Drive and Waterside Plaza . A footbridge at East 25th Street allows safe crossing of FDR Drive. Waterside is connected to local public transport as the terminus of the M 16 bus. It is only accessible by car from 23rd Street . The road from Waterside Plaza by car is either via 23rd Street or via a residential street that leads to 34th Street.

history

Tower of Waterside Plaza

The housing estate was built in the early 1970s under Richard Ravitch . The high-rise apartment buildings that make up Waterside Plaza were built together with the neighboring United Nations International School on a platform over the East River. The first apartment building opened in 1973, the entire complex a year later.

The complex consists of four residential towers and a number of two-story townhouses with a total of 1,470 residential units. All buildings are clad with red bricks. They span a large square that overlooks the East River. The settlement offers residents a fitness center that can also be used by people who do not live in Waterside Plaza and a parking garage. Otherwise he only has little retail space. The British International School of New York is also located on the ground floor of one of the towers .

In 2004, Waterside Management Company LLC launched a comprehensive $ 35 million recovery program. This was the renovation of all vacant apartments as well as the corridors, reception and porter areas. The fortification and impregnation of the entire area was renewed and laid out like a park for the first time. The fitness center, parking facilities and security system have also been updated.

Culture

United Nations International School

All year round, Waterside Plaza hosts events that are free and open to the public. The most popular are the summer open-air concerts in July and the open-air cinema evenings, which take place on Mondays in August. There is also a short play festival (theater), a dance festival, a spring flea market, an electronics recycling day and monthly theater readings.

In 2008 the Make Music New York festival took place in Waterside Plaza , with a total of 17 bands performing on three stages - on the bank, in the gardens and on the square.

On June 28, 2010, PF Chang's China Bistro held a charity event on the roof of one of the waterside skyscrapers. Professional golfers such as Annika Sörenstam , Briny Baird and Don Vickery performed . They took turns trying to hit a target that was floating on the East River with gold balls. The event raised $ 100,000 for a variety of charities, including the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund .

Architectural importance

Waterside Plaza was designed by Davis, Brody & Associates architects. 2001 was the architecture critic of the New York Times , Herbert Muschamp that Waterside Plaza is a major metropolitan Arrangement ( "great urban composition"), the picturesque and historically ( "picturesque and historically informed").

In 2004 the Municipal Art Society put Waterside Plaza on the "30 Under 30" list, a watch list for future landmarks of the city.

See also

Web links

Commons : Waterside Plaza (Manhattan)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph P. Fried: After Nearly 12 Years of Obstacles, Waterside Housing Opens on River . In: The New York Times , September 13, 1973, p. 49. Retrieved July 4, 2010. 
  2. ↑ Terry Pristin: 'Small Town' With Big-City Woes; Tenant Landlord Fight Taints Innovative Waterside Plaza . In: The New York Times , April 13, 1999. Retrieved July 4, 2010. 
  3. ↑ Bruce Lambert: Worries at Waterside . In: The New York Times , June 5, 1994. Retrieved July 4, 2010. 
  4. ↑ Barry Paddock: Pro golfer Annika Sorenstam tries hand at driving golf balls from Manhattan skyscraper - for charity . In: Daily News , June 30, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010. 
  5. ^ Herbert Muschamp : For Rebuilders, Inspiration All Around . In: The New York Times , October 5, 2001. Retrieved July 2, 2010. 

Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ 14.6 "  N , 73 ° 58 ′ 23.9"  W.