New Marsha P. Johnson State Park Design Has More Park, No Mural

The Brooklyn Paper shares renderings and community feedback for the redesigned Marsha P Johnson State Park!

Starr Whitehouse’s 2021 Spring Newsletter introduces our new office in Hudson, NY! As work-from-home and telecommuting decentralize the workplace, the Hudson studio is helping communities prepare for an economy that is simultaneously more local and connected—expanding infrastructure, restoring historic centers, improving access and public safety, and curating the public realm.

Construction has begun on upgrades to the City of Hudson’s historic Promenade Hill Park! Led by Principal and Director of Starr Whitehouse’s Hudson office Gail Wittwer-Laird, this DRI-funded project will make Hudson’s iconic promenade universally accessible, while carving out a new plaza and programming in the lower section of the park.

Global Design News, a new publication of the Chicago Atheneum, profiles Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center, Starr Whitehouse and nARCHITECTS’s “laboratory for understanding the power of nature.”

We are excited to share that the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center, a collaboration with nARCHITECTS for NYS Parks, has received a 2021 AIANY Honor Award in the Architecture category. Starr Whitehouse served as Landscape Architect for this project, reclaiming a large concrete parking area for native plantings, pathways, and outdoor educational programming.

“Active recreation is integral to all public space.” The Architect’s Newspaper interviews the Starr Whitehouse team on their recent reconstruction of historic Jones Beach West Games.

A deep dive into the new Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center, an innovative museum, exhibition hub, and sustainability center highlighting the unique coastal ecologies and energy systems of western Long Island. Starr Whitehouse’s landscape design converts 10 acres of paved parking lot to restored native dune ecology, creating new pollinator habitat and supporting educational programming for students and visitors.

New York YIMBY reports on renderings and design documents for 2500 Jerome Avenue, a new affordable and supportive housing development in the Bronx on the grounds of The Episcopal St. James Church Fordham. Starr Whitehouse’s courtyard and green roof design will help promote healthy community living at the complex.

At a Downtown Revitalization Initiative open house, Gail Wittwer-Laird discusses the importance of community involvement in the design process, as well as how DRI funds will be used to make accessibility and other improvements to Hudson’s Promenade Hill Park while respecting the character of the country’s oldest public park.

Buffalo Rising gives a nice overview of the recently completed Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Gateway in Buffalo, NY, one of seven gateways Starr Whitehouse is designing for the Governor’s Empire State Trail initiative.