Brooklyn Bridge Esplanade Begins
Starr Whitehouse has been engaged by NYCEDC to redesign the Brooklyn Bridge Esplanade. Leading a team that includes SHoP Architects and Arup, Starr Whitehouse will be looking at the stretch of waterfront from Peck Slip in the south to Catherine Slip in the north. The new design will employ resilient materials to create connections between the neighborhood and waterfront, establish clear and safe circulation for pedestrians and cyclists, and seamlessly integrate this stretch of shoreline with the greater Esplanade.
Starr Whitehouse’s Michael Haggerty presented the panel “Resiliency Planning through Parks” at the APA National Planning Conference in San Francisco with Alda Chan from NYC Parks and Lindsay Woodson from the Harvard University Ash Center. Michael, Alda, and Lindsay discussed the East Harlem Resiliency Study, a year-long process co-led by Starr Whitehouse and One Architecture + Urbanism that developed solutions for physical and social resiliency in upper Manhattan. More information can be found on the NPC19 website.
Starr Whitehouse is pleased to announce the opening of Starr Whitehouse Atlanta. Led by Partner Jacob Lange, the Atlanta office will further Starr Whitehouse’s mission to make urban space more livable, vibrant, and green by extending our practice to the Southeast. The Atlanta office will continue to work in close cooperation with our New York City office on projects in the New York Metropolitan Area and beyond. Starr Whitehouse Atlanta can be reached via our main office phone number, or by mail at 505 N Angier Ave NE. 3rd Floor, Atlanta, GA 30308.
Congratulations to designers Chris Anderson and Janet Broughton on winning Transportation Alternatives’ Super Commuter prize for the boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan in this year’s Bike Month! Nice wheelin’, Chris and Janet!
Starr Whitehouse would like to congratulate two of our team members, Landscape Designers Janet Broughton and Heather Faivre, on successfully completing their landscape architect licensure exams. Congratulations, Janet and Heather!
Rice + Lipka and Starr Whitehouse’s design for the renovation of Hamilton Fish Library has been awarded the Public Design Commission’s Award for Excellence in Design. The landscape creates a soft edge between the library’s new facade and the busy thoroughfare of Houston Street.
Starr Whitehouse designer and planner Nicolas Grefenstette co-led a tour of Long Island City, Roosevelt Island, and the site of Design the Edge: Halletts Cove on behalf of the APA Metro Waterfront Committee. The tour was part of NYC’s City Planning’s “NYC 520 ” celebration that highlights the ongoing revival of the City’s 520 miles of waterfront.
Thirty years after being stolen, a monument to Irish-American Engineer John Wolfe Ambrose has been restored to the Battery’s new monument walk, part of Starr Whitehouse’s design for the Battery Perimeter. Rededicated on the anniversary of Ambrose’s death in 1899, the monument commemorates the great engineer’s efforts in making the Port of New York and New Jersey the hub of international trade it is today.
The US Green Building Council’s New Jersey Chapter has recognized Hoboken’s new Southwest Park as the 2018 winner of the Innovation and Sustainability Best Practices Award in the public projects category. The award will be conferred to the City of Hoboken, Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, and Langan Engineering at the USGBCNJ’s 2018 Gala on May 16th.