Media mogul Barry Diller's plans to build a floating public park on a Manhattan pier are moving forward.
Diller unveiled the project, dubbed Diller Island, in 2014. But his plans have had some hiccups. Over the past three years, costs have soared from $35 million to $250 million; and the civic group City Club of New York filed a series of environmental lawsuits, funded by real estate tycoon Douglas Durst, to scuttle Diller Island's construction.
Diller pulled the plug in September 2017. But the project has now been revived after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo persuaded all parties to come to a consensus on the park's design, according to The New York Times.
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Diller plans to build the floating park on the Hudson River near West 13th Street in Manhattan.
The project's initial name was Pier 55, a play off its location at Pier 54. If all goes according to plan, Hudson River Park Trust will lease the park, and Diller's nonprofit Pier 55 Inc will maintain it.
Supported by 300 mushroom-shaped, concrete columns, Diller Island will be on top of a platform that's 186 feet from the shoreline. It will be built above the predicted floodplain.
Source: The New York Times
Lush gardens and paths will fill the space designed by Heatherwick Studios.
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