In pictures: Heatherwick opens park built on pier in New York City’s Hudson River

2021-05-25T05:00:00

Park supported by over 100 concrete columns off Manhattan’s west side

Heatherwick Studio has opened a public park in New York supported by over 100 concrete columns in the Hudson River.

Known as Little Island, the park includes a 700-seat amphitheatre, a central plaza and a series of walkways running through steep hills and lawns planted with more than 350 species of flowers, trees and shrubs.

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