Public/Green SpaceInformation Design:

Assignment 1

Andrea, Jaqi, Spencer

Defining Boundaries

Public or Private?

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Is it Green?

Defining Boundaries

Important Elements

• Users• Programming - Events & Facilities

• Relationship with Neighborhood - Foster Community

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Defining Boundaries

Larger System• Park Users• Politicians• Environmentalists• Businesses• Neighborhood residents

• Maintenance Crews• Police & Security

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Research: Individual Parks

Importance of Programming• Events for people to attend

• Places for people to inhabit

• Space for groups to use• Facilities for people to use

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Research: Economics

Economic Effect on Neighborhood

• Redesign of Bryant Park turns it into a model park rather than a source of crime

• Development of the Highline revitalizes Meatpacking District and boosts housing prices in the area

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Research: Digital Presence

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Choose Your Own Adventure

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Park Information: Bad

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Park Information: Good

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Park Information: London

Good:•Interactive•Organized•Fast•Zoom

Bad:•No full city map

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Park Information: Tokyo

Good:•Parks ranked for different activities•Clear maps

Bad:•No full city map•Not interactive

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Park Information: Copenhagen

Good:•Full city map•Key parks/attractions highlighted

Bad:•Not interactive•Need to know what to look for

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System BoundariesResearchPrecedentsDesign Entire System

We chose the renovation

and revitalization of Bryant Park as an example of how the New York City Park meta-

system works. We also

illustrated its sub-

systems to show how they interact with each other.

System BoundariesResearchPrecedentsDesign Political Sub-System

System BoundariesResearchPrecedentsDesign Business Sub-System

System BoundariesResearchPrecedentsDesign Community Sub-System

System BoundariesResearchPrecedentsDesign Users Map

Data Sources• General Info: http://www.nycgovparks.org/• Battery Park Renovation: http://www.thebattery.org/• Battery Park City Authority: http://www.batteryparkcity.

org/page/index_battery.html• WSP General Info, Insight: http://www.aviewoncities.

com/nyc/washingtonsquare.htm• Projects about the WSP: http://www.washingtonsquarepark

.org/• WSP Blog: http://washingtonsquarepark.wordpress.com/• Bryant Park Corporation http://www.bryantpark.org/• East River Music Project http://ermp.org/eastriver/• Hudson River Park http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/index.asp• Riverside Park Fund http://www.riversideparkfund.org/• Union Square Partnership http://unionsquarenyc.org/• Central Park Conservancy http://www.centralparknyc.org/