Tour 1 (repeat) on June 21 at 4pm will explore Battery Park City's southern district, including some of BPC's earliest landscapes and infrastructure, such as the residential enclaves in the 1990s that followed the 1979 Cooper Eckstut Master Plan. This tour will also visit South Cove and the green spaces that connect to the Esplanade as well as the current construction underway in Wagner Park, as part of the developing Resilience Action Plan of the BPC Authority.
Tour 1 (repeat) on June 21 at 4pm will explore Battery Park City's southern district, which is home to the Skyscraper Museum and includes some of BPC's earliest landscapes and infrastructure, including the residential enclaves built in the 1990s that followed the 1979 Cooper Eckstut Master Plan. Starting in the Museum's gallery to see historic views of the waterfront, the tour will visit South Cove and the green spaces that connect to the Esplanade, the first waterfront park in New York since the Brooklyn Heights Esplanade in 1951. We will also learn about current construction underway in Wagner Park, as part of the developing Resilience Action Plan of the BPC Authority.
This tour will meet at The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Pl. Our Walking Tours are free! Reservation priority is given to Skyscraper Museum Members and to Corporate Members and their employees. Members can register by emailing programs@skyscraper.org.
Registration for each tour is limited to 25 people. Confirmation emails will be sent 2 days before the event and must be confirmed by 24 hours before the event, or the reservation will be cancelled. Any updates for bad-weather cancellations will be sent to your email address.
This program is supported by a Community Partnership with the Battery Park City Authority.
Visit our website for more details: https://skyscraper.org/programs/bpc-south-neighborhood-walking-tour-2024-repeat/
