One of five ongoing landscape interventions in the Freshkills Park masterplan, North Park transforms a sprawling former municipal landfill into open public space.
Designed by SOM and James Corner Field Operations, the dual-bridge High Line – Moynihan Connector marks the latest chapter in the ongoing development of the Far West Side.
The six newly announced finalist teams will participate in a public forum in May ahead of showcasing their plans to revamp the Texas institution at an exhibition this summer.
“The idea was to create a ribbon in the middle of the canyon,” says Hervé Descottes, principal of L’Observatoire International, about the High Line project.