West 42nd Street Redevelopment Masterplan
New York City, USA
This master-planning study in Manhattan, looks at a large neglected slice of land stretching from w34th to w45th streets between 10th and 12th Avenue, encompassing the Hudson River waterfront. After analysing existing site conditions,including transport,land-use zoning,open space and future trends, a program was developed to terminate w42nd street at the water's edge with a water gate and major riverfront plaza,incorporating the existing Intrepid Aircraft Carrier museum and a new New Jersey - Manhattan Ferry terminal. The neighbouring but currently isolated New York convention and exhibition center is connected into the new proposal with commercial development along 11th Avenue.
Design proposal completed during post graduate studies at Columbia University in New York City, Fall 1988. Course Director: Stanton Eckstut, :Studio critics: Susana Torre & Sandro Marpillero
West 42nd Street was featured in Columbia University's end of course yearbook ABSTRACT 1988-89: Columbia Architecture Planning Preservation
Post Graduate Student / architect: Keith Pike
Course: MSc Architecture & Urban Design
Columbia University: Faculty of Architecture Planning & Preservation
Status: Course Design proposal
Project Date: 1988
