caissons Archive
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Critical Greenway Meeting this Thursday
This Thursday evening the Environment & Sanitation and 197a committees of Community Board 8 will be discussing whether to support retaining the caissons from the former FDR Drive Outer Detour Roadway, to be used as part of the project to close the midtown gap in the East River [...] -
Learn the Issues
The gap in the East River Greenway can be broken down into three distinct segments: The FDR Drive ODR Caissons The United Nations Consolidation and Alienation of Robert Moses Park The former Con-Ed Pier/ current Solow Development Site -
Future Vision
A completed world-class East River Greenway will provide East Side residents with new waterfront access, open-space, parkland and sustainable transportation options. The East River Greenway Initiative supports: Adaptively re-using the FDR ODR caissons to build a waterfront esplanade and greenway from East 52nd Street to East 60th Street. Building a waterfront esplanade along the length [...] -
A Productive Conversation with DEC
When a large barge parked itself next to the East River caissons at 53rd Street, we put a call into DEC and a day later to see what was really going on. After some initial phone wrangling, I was able to speak with a high ranking official at DEC about the matter. DEC explained that [...] -
Barge (and Cranes) in the East River at 54th Street
A potentially troubling development today as I rode through Sutton Place via the Greenway detour: The first thought that popped to mind was that the caissons were being prepared to be removed. This would seriously delay any expansion of the Greenway south. Repeated calls to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have gone unanswered. The [...]