Spring Street Park
40°43′30″N74°00′16″W/ 40.7249°N 74.0045°W
Spring Street Parkis a small triangular park in thelower Manhattanneighborhood ofHudson SquareinNew York City.[1]The park is bounded bySpring Streeton the north,Broome Streeton the south, Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) on the east, and on the west by a narrow two-block street considered to be a spur of Sixth Avenue. As a pedestrian plaza, the triangle was previously known asSoHo Square.[2]
SoHo Square was created when Sixth Avenue was extended south of Carmine Street, one of several similar squares to come into existence in that way.[3]In keeping with the renaming of the avenue as the "Avenue of the Americas" in 1945, it contains a larger-than-lifesize statue of GeneralJosé Artigas,aUruguayanindependence leader and national hero. The statue is a second cast from a statue by Uruguayan sculptorJosé Luis Zorrilla de San Martín,the first of which stands in front of the Uruguayan National Bank inMontevideo,where it has been since 1949.[3][4]
The land is owned by theNew York City Department of Transportationand is maintained by the Hudson Square Business Improvement District (BID) and theNew York City Department of Parks and Recreation.Starting in April 2017, the park was redeveloped by the Hudson Square BID. The redesign and renovation was funded by $3 million from the BID, $2 million from theNew York City Economic Development Corporationand $1 million from theNew York City Council.The redevelopment provided 160 places to sit, including "swivel seats", customized energy-efficient lighting, and a total of 42 trees plus other plantings. In addition, the statue of General Artigas was moved to a more central location within the park. The aim of the redesign was to create "a world-class green space that residents, employees and visitors will enjoy for generations," according to City Council memberCorey Johnson.[5]The redesign of the plaza into a park is the centerpieces of the BID's streetscape improvement plan for the Hudson Square neighborhood.[6][7]The park was partially reopened in August 2018[8]and fully reopened two months later.[9]
TheDahesh Museum of Art,theChelsea Career & Technical Education High School,the NYC iSchool, and theHERE Arts Centerare all located around the park.
References[edit]
- ^"Hudson Square".Hudson Square.Retrieved2018-12-10.
- ^"SoHo Square, New York City"Google Maps
- ^ab"SoHo Square: History"New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- ^"SoHo Square"New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- ^"Spring Street Park News: NYC Parks".nycgovparks.org.Retrieved2018-12-10.
- ^"NYC Parks and Hudson square Connection Break Ground onf Spring Street Park" (press release)(April 18, 2017)New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- ^"Spring Street Park Reconstruction: NYC Parks".nycgovparks.org.Retrieved2019-08-09.
- ^"Tribeca Citizen | Seen & Heard: Some of Spring Street Park Is Open".Tribeca Citizen.Retrieved2019-08-09.
- ^"Spring Street Park Reopens With $5.5M Makeover".West Village, NY Patch.2018-10-25.Retrieved2019-08-09.
