While the Park Avenue is known for its large hotels, large properties and New York to and to the Grand Central Terminal, it is now getting a new look, a greener one.
The new plan will include a wider median, pedestrian reinforcement, seating, landscaping and street image equipment. This section of the Avenue Park is located directly on the Grand Central Terminal Train Shed, which is currently undergoing a large capital rehabilitation by the Metro-North Railroad of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
Between the East 46th Street and the East 57th Street, the Park Avenue is converted into a garden oasis, with rigid Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planers LLC.
Concept for a newly designed Park Avenue with a wider median. Credit: NYC Department of City Planning
As part of his 18-month contract, rigid Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planers LLC will work closely with NYC DOT to lead a number of public commitment events that aim to collect input from New York, pendulators, local companies and other important stakeholders.
“We are enthusiastic to bring the” Park “back into the Park Avenue with this transformative redesign of one of Manhattan's most famous streets,” said the NYC Dot Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. “This is a unique opportunity to make Park Avenue more environmentally friendly, safer and more pedestrian -friendly. He honors the character that makes it one of the best -known streets in New York City.