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After 14 months of landscaping, planting, and paving, the Battery Bosque park is now welcoming visitors to its shady benches and ornamental gardens. The 3.75-acre rebuilt bosque, located to the east of Castle Clinton in Battery Park, features new lighting, a refreshment kiosk, and crushed-stone pathways that tie together the park's monuments and promenade.
Its centerpiece is a circular stone fountain with 35 in-ground illuminated jets patterned in a spiral, designed by Weisz + Yoes Architecture. Also featured at the bosque is artist Luis Sanguino's 1973 restored bronze sculpture, The Immigrants.
The bosque (literally, "a small wooded area") officially reopened in August 2005, making it the 10th park completed through the 2003, $25 million Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) contribution to refurbish downtown parks. The $8.5 million Battery Bosque reconstruction was funded entirely through the LMDC grant and brings to bloom more than 70,000 bulbs and 33,000 perennials, along with 140 London plane trees.
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The New York City Parks and Recreation Department and Weisz + Yoes Studio are finalizing design plans for a new carousel near the west side of the park that will complete the bosque reconstruction. The carousel, made possible thanks to a combination of LMDC and private funds, will feature marine-life figures created by sculptor Barbara Broughel.
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Here’s a closer look at the latest work on the project, according to the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation:
- Designs for the carousel are being finalized.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Was the redesign of the Battery Bosque the work of one firm?
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No. The master plan for the Battery Bosque was created by Dutch horticultural designer Piet Oudolf. Landscape design was masterminded by landscape architecture firm Sarasota Associates. The elegant food kiosks, curved benches, and spiral, 40-foot-long fountain were the work of design firm Weisz +Yoes Studio. The lighting bollards were conceived by the lighting design firm Tillett Associates. And the carousel, conceived and engineered by Weisz + Yoes, will feature the sculpture of artist Barbara Broughel.
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What will the carousel look like?
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The carousel will be cast in translucent resins and be lit from within, creating a stunning, magical crown jewel for the Bosque. “In place of traditional symmetry and enclosure, the proposed architecture is a dynamic unfolding of an organic, moving, musical and lighting experience,” according to the Weisz +Yoes website. Featuring marine life creatures (instead of the classic horses) created by sculptor Barbara Broughel (funded through private sources), the carousel’s design was inspired by the original New York Aquarium, which was situated in the Battery for a half century, from 1896 to 1941.
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