NYC DOT Selects Starr Whitehouse to Re-imagine Park Avenue
The NYC Department of Transportation has selected Starr Whitehouse to redesign eleven blocks on Park Avenue between East 46th Street and East 57th Street — as part of a commitment to “put the ‘park’ back in Park Avenue.” Read news coverage of the project award in:
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has elevated Stephen Whitehouse as one of 50 ASLA Fellows in 2025. Each year, the ASLA elects a new class of Fellows for their exceptional contributions to the landscape architecture profession and society at large.
“The 2025 Class of ASLA Fellows reflects the very best of landscape architecture—visionary leaders whose work uplifts communities, restores ecosystems, and advances climate-ready design,” said ASLA President Kona Gray, FASLA, PLA.
Stephen’s 40-year career has bridged the public and private sectors. As Chief of Planning for NYC Parks, he advanced initiatives that helped transform New York into a greener city at the forefront of landscape architectural practice. As co-founder of Starr Whitehouse, he has led award-winning projects that realize the forward-thinking policies he helped to develop early in his career and made landscape architecture central to resilience and urban strategy.
ASLA Fellows will be elevated during a special investiture ceremony at the 2025 Conference on Landscape Architecture, which will be held in New Orleans Oct. 10-13. Fellow biographies are available here.
Read our Fall 2024 Newsletter: The Arc of Practice at this link!
6SQFT’s Devin Gannon reports on the opening of Starr Whitehouse’s Arverne East Nature Preserve – New York City’s first net-zero community.
NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue and members of the community celebrated the opening of the new Arverne East Nature Preserve and welcome center on Wednesday, April 24. Arverne East will be the ecological centerpiece of New York City’s first net-zero community—a 35-acre “urban” nature preserve situated between the Atlantic Ocean and a dense residential neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula. Commissioner Sue Donoghue was joined by New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Adolfo Carrión Jr., Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, New York State Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson, New York City Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers, Managing Director of L+M Development Partners LLC Sara Levenson.
Read our Winter 2024 Newsletter: Greening Urban Infrastructure at this link!
We are thrilled to welcome Jeffrey Poor and Jacob Lange as Partners of Starr Whitehouse. Alongside founders Laura Starr and Stephen Whitehouse, Jeffrey and Jacob bring unique vision and leadership during a time of growth for our firm.
Read the full statement here.
Five years after completing the first phase of Southwest Resiliency Park, Starr Whitehouse will be partnering with Rutgers University to study how the park has been absorbing stormwater. As part of LAF’s 2024 Case Study Investigation program, our team will be working with CSI Research Fellow Wolfram Hoefer, Dr.-Ing, ASLA, AKNW, and Student Research Assistant James Hill to measure stormwater retention and other performance metrics. Southwest Park was one of ten high-performing landscape projects selected by LAF for this unique research collaboration between faculty, students, and practitioners.
Read the press release here.
The Battery Playscape received a 2023 MASterworks Award for Best Urban Landscape, recognized as “a new or revitalized open space that contributes to livability and resilience.” Credit goes to all of our collaborators on this project: BKSK Architects, The Battery Conservancy, and NYC Parks.
Starr Whitehouse Atlanta has moved into a new home at the Elevator Factory. Our new Atlanta address is:
Starr Whitehouse Atlanta
437 Memorial Drive SE
Suite A2
Atlanta, Georgia, 30312
212.220.9962