Design

01 of 26Commissioner Amanda Burden

02 of 26Stone terraces at Brooklyn Bridge Park

03 of 26The High Line park

04 of 26Sitting on the High Line

05 of 26Alexandros Washburn, director of the urban design division

06 of 26Models at the urban design division

07 of 26New zoning allows for unfixed public seating

08 of 26Michael Marrella, director of Waterfront and Open Space Planning

09 of 26Outdoor seating at Battery Park

10 of 26Talking over sketches

11 of 26Washburn with designers Jeffrey Shumaker and Skye Duncan

12 of 26Purnima Kapur, director of the Brooklyn office

13 of 26Multi-use seating features frequently

14 of 26Relaxing on the grass next to the World Financial Center ferry

15 of 26The view from Pier 15

16 of 26Playing basketball by the Hudson River

17 of 26Monika Jain, project manager for Zone Green and Howard Slatkin, director of sustainability

18 of 26A rooftop greenhouse on top of a school on the Upper West Side

19 of 26Pier 15 waterfront

20 of 26Green fields at Battery Park City

21 of 26Battery Park City jetties

22 of 26Children cooling down at the High Line

23 of 26The recently restored Jane’s Carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park

24 of 26Tai Chi in Madison Square Park

25 of 26There’s space for four-legged friends at a dog park along the East River

26 of 26A pastoral painting scene in the Brooklyn Bridge Park