This ideas competition has as its dual goals an anchoring of this
neighborhood with its rich history and an envisioning of its future
edge condition. Competition entrants are asked to consider ways to
ground this rapidly changing community as well as to reforge
connections, both material and metaphoric, with the contemporary
Manhattan urban fabric.
The principal element of the program is a Community Center/Galleries
for the Seamen’s Church Institute, to be constructed on a new pier over
the water. In addition, Competitors are encouraged to make
interventions in open spaces throughout the remainder of the site.