Waterside Plaza
Waterside Plaza is a settlement that was funded by the Mitchell - Lama Housing Program and is located directly on the East River at the Kips Bay neighborhood in New York district of Manhattan. Due to the closed position and the self-contained architecture, it is also understood as an independent district of New York.
Location
Waterside Plaza is the only residential development in Manhattan, the east of the FDR Drive is currently - approximately at the level between East 26th Street and East 29th Street.
Transport links
Between the FDR Drive and Waterside Plaza of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway runs. A pedestrian bridge at the height of East 25th Street allows the safe crossing of the FDR Drive. Waterside is connected as the last stop of the M 16 bus to public transport. By car it is only accessible via the 23rd Street. The way out of Waterside Plaza by car leads either also on the 23rd Street or via a service road that leads to 34th Street.
History
The housing estate was built in the early 1970s under Richard Ravitch. The high-rise apartments, which form Waterside Plaza, were together with the adjacent international school of the United Nations (United Nations International School ) on a platform over the East River built. The first apartment building was opened in 1973, the entire complex a year later.
The complex consists of four residential towers, as well as a series of two -story townhouses with a total of 1,470 residential units. All the buildings are covered with red bricks. They span a large square that overlooks the East River. The settlement offers residents a fitness center, which can be also used by people who do not live in Waterside Plaza, and a parking garage. Otherwise has little retail space. On the ground floor of one of the towers of the British International School of New York is located beyond.
2004 has embarked on a major modernization program in the amount of $ 35,000,000, the Waterside Management Company LLC. This was the renovation of all vacant apartments as well as the corridors, reception and concierge areas. The mounting and impregnation of the whole area was renovated and first created like a park. Also the fitness center, parking and security system were brought up to date.
Culture
Over the year, will be held in Waterside Plaza events that are free and accessible to the public. Most popular is the summer concerts are outdoors in July and the open-air cinema evenings, which take place in August on Mondays. In addition, find a Short Play Festival ( Theater ), a dance festival, a flea market in the spring, a Recyclingtag for electronics and monthly readings of plays.
2008 Music New York festival was held in Waterside Plaza Make the place, where on three stages occurred a total of 17 bands - on shore, in the gardens and on the court.
June 28, 2010 PF Chang's China Bistro held a charity event from on the roof of the Waterside skyscrapers. It occurred professional golfers such as Annika Sorenstam, Briny Baird and Don Vickery. They tried alternating with gold balls to hit a target that was floating on the East River. The event played a $ 100,000 for various charitable institutions, including the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
Architectural significance
Waterside Plaza was designed by the architectural firm Davis, Brody & Associates. 2001 was the architecture critic of the New York Times, Herbert Muschamp, that Waterside Plaza a major metropolitan arrangement was ( "great urban composition" ), which is picturesque and historical ( " picturesque and Historically informed" ).
In 2004, the Municipal Art Society Waterside Plaza on the " 30 Under 30" list, a watch list for future landmark of the city.