Chris Anderson

Associate

Associate and Landscape Architect Chris Anderson comes to Starr Whitehouse with several years of operations experience, gained working for the National Park Service and Gowanus Canal Conservancy. Building on this operational know-how, he has honed a versatile skill set geared towards construction, project management, and design team coordination. From overseeing the implementation of New Jersey’s first resilience park in Hoboken, NJ, to coordinating the re-design of 35-acre St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx, to managing the completion of six new gateway plazas across New York’s ambitious Empire State Trail system, Chris has become an invaluable member of Starr Whitehouse’s project management corps. Since relocating to the Upper Hudson Valley in 2020, Chris has been active in establishing Starr Whitehouse’s Hudson Studio, where he works with Director Gail Wittwer-Laird on projects for state, county, and local government in communities across the state. Recent work includes the DRI-funded reconstruction of historic Promenade Hill Park in Hudson, NY, the reconstruction of a community park and regional trout fishing hub for the New York Power Authority in Hamlin, NY, and over half a dozen projects for the State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.

Representative Projects:

Park Design

Bear Mountain State Park Restoration, Bear Mountain, NY
Manhattan Greenway Harlem River Waterfront Park Design, New York, NY
Scout Park, Hamlin, NY
Hamlin Beach State Park, Hamlin, NY
Battery Playscape, New York, NY
Hoboken Southwest Park, Hoboken, NJ
Thompson Park Master Plan, Watertown, NY
Promenade Hill Park Reconstruction & Plaza Redesign Hudson, NY
Bronson Park Vision, Hudson, NY
St. Mary’s Master Plan and Reconstruction, Bronx, NY

Streets, Public Realm, and Infrastructure

New Windsor Cantonment Accessibility Improvements New Windsor, NY
NYPA Reimagine the Canals Guidelines New York, NY
Harlem Greenway Link Study, New York, NY
NYS Parks Empire State Trail Gateways, Multiple Sites, New York State
Gowanus Greenscape Master Plan, Brooklyn, NY*
Fresh Creek Coastal Resiliency, Brooklyn, NY
NYPA Reimagine the Canals Guidelines New York, NY

Large Scale Site Plans + Housing

Woodstock Residence, Woodstock, NY
Bedford Green House, Bronx, NY
Mill Brook Houses, Bronx, NY
Coney Island Affordable Housing Development, Brooklyn, NY
Covenant House Young Adult Shelter, New York, NY
Cunningham Park Garage, Queens, NY
Crossroads Development Plaza, Bronx, NY
StuyTown Fitness Playground, New York, NY

*Work completed prior to joining Starr Whitehouse