NYC Pier 3 Riverside Park South

Riverside Park South

Further along the path, there are contemporary seating across the boundary of the site, which draw you to them and their curvy undulating forms. They seem comfortable and, very speculative, allowing you to contemplate and review, your situation in the park and beyond. The similar materials continue throughout, with more areas to embark with the water by selected access areas.

NYC Pier 2 Riverside Park South

Riverside Park South
Walking further up the pier there was a development called Riverside park. My first impressions were quite reserved, due to a construction just before the site. The benches in New York seem to be universal to most park sites.
The are pathways are curvy and seem to relate to the original landscape and the free flowing movement of the water, this is also aided by few barriers separating the user and the waters edge, instead rocky stones are used to displace the users from engaging too much with the edge.

NYC Pier 1

New York City Chelsea Pier 95 Westside
I took a walk across pier system, to experience fully New York City's pier. Pier 95 was a good example, of public space near a pier, there is 2 large open spaces plus a intervention which allows users to experience the waters edge closer than at other points. There is a cold feel, especially with the materials chosen which are aluminum and concrete slabs, there are wooded areas which allow you experience the water underneath your feet. Benches are timber, and are placed in good positions, for experiencing the view and good shelter, but still enable sunlight in spaces.

Guggenheim New York City

New York City Guggenheim
The Guggenheim is one of the best known museums in NYC. and is home to a renowned permanent collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art, and also features special exhibitions throughout the year. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
I visited this museum in New York as it was a building I studied in first year Landscape architecture, in the history lectures. The building has history and is a strong landmark in NYC.
This was Wright's last major work, from the street, the building looks like a white ribbon curled into a cylindrical stack, wider at the top than at the bottom. Its exterior is in distintive contrast to the more typically boxy, tall Manhattan buildings that surround it.
http://www.guggenheim.org/