Pier 26 Site Analysis by Yelisa Grullon

PIER 26

SITE ANALYSIS PROF. CRAWFORD

YELISA GRULLON

FALL 2011

pier 26 history and proposal

DEMOLITION OF PIER 26 FOR THE NEW PROPOSAL OF HUDSON RIVER PARK

TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST CO.’S FIRE AFFECTED ARCHITECTURE AND FASHION. IT IS INTERRESTING THAT PIER 26 HELD ITS VICTIMS.

HUDSON RIVER PARK’S PROPOSAL 7dSb^] AXeTa ?PaZ SEGMENT 3

TRIBECA

Pier 34

Pier 25 Historic Ships

Holland Tunnel Vent Shaft

Pier 26 Future Recreation Field Fishing Pier MOORING FIELD

Sand Volleyball Courts

Future Estuarium Location

Pier 32

Snack Bar, Dock Master, Mini Golf Building Future Ecological Pier

Mini Golf Course

Hudson River Water Taxi Food Concession Boathouse

Playground Basketball Court

Restroom, Skate Park Building

Maintenance Building Dog Run

Skate Park

Lawn

Overlook Naturalized Plantings Boardwalk

Basketball Court Tennis Courts

Seating Area

Hudson River Park Bike Path

Bike Path

West Street

HUDSON RIVER PARK’S PROPOSE PLAN

HUDSON RIVER PARK’S PROPOSE RENDERING A HUDSON RIVER PARK’S PROPOSE RENDERING B

SANDBORN MAP

LOT SIZE ADDRESS: Marginal Street 10013 LANDUSE: Transportation and Utility BLOCK: 184 LOT: 8 LOT AREA: 149,537sqft (150’x 994’) ZONING: M2-3 MAX. FAR: 2

BLACK: BEFORE THE DEMOLITION OF PIER 26 RED: DIMESIONS OF PRESENT PIER

ZONING MAP/zoning district

zoning-waterfront

topography-context map

PENINSULA

LAND ISLAND

REGIONAL MAP

MUNICIPAL MAP

topography-context map

PENINSULA

LOCAL MAP

topography-figure ground studies

YING (SPARSE)

YANG (DENSE)

FIGURE GROUND STUDY

topography-vegetation

THERE IS MORE WATER AND BUIDINGS THAN GREEN SPACES

VEGETATION PLAN

geology

hydrology

“EVERY YEAR THE WATER LEVEL GOES UP BY 1/8””

climate

sun analysis 9AM WINTER DEC.21

SPRING MARCH 21

SUMMER JUNE 21

FALL SEPT. 21

NOON

3PM

shawdow analysis

WINTER’S SHADOWS

SPRING’S SHADOWS

SUMMER’S SHADOWS

FALL’S SHADOWS

WIND analysis

WINTER’S WINDS SUMMER’S WINDS SPRING’S WINDS FALL’S WINDS

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Protected Bicycle Path

Bicycle Lane

Vía protegida para bicicletas

Carril para bicicletas

Bicycle Route

Carril compartido

Travel Direction (two-way unless shown)

Expressway

(bicycles prohibited) Vía rápida (se prohíben las bicicletas)

Sentido de la circulación

s lA cia Bo er Clay m m pont Co EDu agle Freeman

Subway Line and Station

One-Way Bike Lane on Two-Way Street

Línea y estación del metro

Carril para bicicletas de un sentido en una calle de dos sentidos

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Un ive rsi ty

Commuter Rail and Station Tren y estación de cercanías

Potential Bicycle Path Posible ruta de bicicletas

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AirTrain Rail Tren ligero

Potential Bicycle Route

Ferry Line and Terminal

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Eastbound Use Sidewalk

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Northbound Use Sidewalk

Commodore J. Barry Park

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East River State Park

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Pier 6

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Pier 6 Terminal Governors Island Terminal

Airport or Industrial Site

Parque

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Cadman Ora Plaza Pine nge a Clar pple

Distrito histórico

Hospital

S 8 S 9 S 10 S 11

Brooklyn Bridge Park

B D

Historic District

Park

N 6 St

Schaefer Landing S 10 St

John

Espacio abierto o cementerio

Hospital

B'way

Open Space or Cemetery

Sitios de interés

Estación de autobuses

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Cherry

Sites of Interest

Pier 1

EH oust on

Piscina

Bus Station

Pool

Tren

Empire - Q Fulton N Ferry Park

Train

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Cherry Water

R 2

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Madison

Pier 11

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Estacionamiento protegido para bicicletas

Terminal y línea de transbordador

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Sheltered Bike Parking

St. Ma rks

Pike

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Jackson

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Market

PATH

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DETOUR: Follow Signs

Tienda de bicicletas

With Bike Rental

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WFC

Charlton Dom.

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Greenw ich Hudson

King

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Posible carril para bicicletas

Bike Shop

Watts D'Brs. Vestry Laight Hubert

nke Ba em

Hudson River Gre enway

- Pier 45 - WF

Clarkson W Houst on

Mur ray

WFC - Hobo ken (NYW) Pier 84 - Pie r 63

Barrow Morton Leroy

Harrison

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HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF BIKERS COMMUTING ON THE WEST STREET PER DAY

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ker ford Bl'c Bed

PATH

St W

W 4 St

79 Newp ort (N YW

bicycle route and transportation

map studies

MANY HISTORIEDUCATIONCAL BUILDINGS AL INSTITUAND AREAS TIONS LANDMARK AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS

MOSTLY COMMERCIAL/ HOUSING USE LANDUSE

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

EXPENSIVE DEMOGRAPHICS- ECONOMICS

hudson riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transportation

NEIGHBORs

documentary PIER 26 WAS JUST RECONSTRUCTED. IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE HUDSON RIVER PARK’S NEW PROPOSAL. COMPARED TO PIER 25 (WHICH IS WHERE I WAS STANDING) IT IS SHORTER AND BECAUSE OF THIS YOU CAN GET A FRONTAL VIEW OF IT. THE MATERIALS USED FOR THE FOUNDATION ARE BIG TIMBER WOOD COLUMNS HELD BY A CONCRETE BLOCK THAT IS WITHIN THE WATER. TO KEEP THE COLUMNS RIGID, THERE IS WOOD RUNNING HORIZONTALLY FROM COLUMN TO COLUMN ATTACHED WITH ENORMOUS BOLTS. THERE IS METAL RAILING ALL AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE. ON THE PERIMETER YOU WILL ALSO FIND A COUPLE OF METAL STRUCTURES WHERE THE SHIPS’ ROPES GET TIED TO.

experienCEtIal

ANALISA FINDS HERSELF WANDERING AROUND TRIBECA (TRIANGLE BELOW CANAL). SHE IS CURRENTLY ON THE CORNER OF CHAMBERS AND WEST STREET. SHE PASSES A CROWD OF PEOPLE AND THE TALL BUILDINGS THERE DON’T MAKE IT ANY BETTER. SHE SEES WHITE STAIRS THAT LEAD UP TO A BRIDGE. “WHY NOT?” SHE THINKS TO HERSELF AS SHE GOES UP THE STAIRS. AS ANALISA CROSSES THE BRIDGE SHE WATCHES AND HEARS AS THE CARS SPEED BY ON WEST STREET. SHE LOVES THE IDEA OF WALKING ABOVE A BUSY STREET. WHEN SHE GETS TO THE END OF THE BRIDGE SHE SEES THAT THE BRIDGE LEADS TO STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL. SHE GOES DOWN AND WALKS NORTH ON WEST STREET. BY THE PAVEMENT SHE NOTICES THAT THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL AHEAD. ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE GETS THIS AMAZING VIEW OF NEW JERSEY. SHE OBSERVES THAT THERE IS A PARK ON A PIER. EAGER TO GET THERE BECAUSE OF HER CURIOSITY, SHE BEGINS TO SPEED WALK. SHE PASSES A SKATING RINK AND THINKS ABOUT HOW HER BROTHER WOULD LOVE TO GO TO ONE. AHEAD ANALISA SEES THAT THERE IS A CHILDREN’S PARK AND A GOLF PARK. SHE GETS TO THE FRONT OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PIER AND NOTICES HOW RELAXING IT FEELS. AS SHE WALKS ON THE PIER SHE SEES DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE PARK. IN THE FIRST SECTION SHE SEES KIDS PLAYING IN THE PLAYGROUND. IN THE SECOND, ANALISA SEES A FATHER TEACHING HIS SON HOW TO HIT THE GOLF BALL. THE THIRD SECTION, WHICH CONSISTS OF AN EMPTY VOLLEYBALL COURT, HAS ACTUAL SAND AND BEACH CHAIRS TO LAY ON. THE FOURTH SECTION IS AN EMPTY COURT WITH TURF IN IT. FINALLY AT THE END OF THE PIER THERE ARE STAIRS THAT LEAD TO A HIGHER ELEVATION WITH THE SAME BEACH CHAIRS FROM THE VOLLEYBALL COURT AND LONG DISTANCE VIEWING BINOCULARS. ANALISA DECIDES TO SIT ON A BENCH THAT IS SITUATED ON THE WALKING PERIMETER OF THE PIER AND SEES HOW THERE IS A COUPLE OF MEN FISHING. AS ONE OF THE FISHERMEN SWINGS HIS FISHING ROD FOR THE STRING TO GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, ANALISA NOTICES THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION AHEAD. SHE SITS AND THINKS ABOUT WHAT WILL BE MADE ON THAT PIER. SHE STARTS TO IMAGINE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRUCTURES THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BUILT ON IT. ANALISA ALSO THINKS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT PIER AND WONDERS WHETHER IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF PIER 25, A BIT BETTER OR COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

PIER 2

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