ARTICLES

Below are links to articles published in the popular press and in specialty journals about several of AKRF’s current and past projects. Please note that some require registration or subscription to access, although you can also read an abstract of the article here. New York Times articles older than 2 weeks require payment to view in full, as do all Brooklyn Eagle articles. Staten Island Advance & Engineering News Record are free.

	Fresh Kills Park—City planner to lead transformation of dump into oasis Staten Island Advance 09-28-2006
	Abstract: “City Parks officials have tapped a highly regarded city planner to lead the transformation of Fresh Kills from landfill to vast urban oasis. “Eloise Hirsh, a former Parks Department deputy commissioner who has served as Pittsburgh's city planning director, will coordinate final closure of the 2,200-acre dump and implementation of the master plan for Fresh Kills Park, which details park activities and roadways to be built in the sprawling sector.” AKRF is a subconsultant on this project. Read More
	Hudson River Park—“After 20 Years of Delays, a River Park Takes Shape” New York Times 05-16-2006. by Sam Roberts
	Abstract: “Albert Butzel...almost single-handedly killed the Westway project, which would have shoved [Manhattan’s Hudson River] shoreline westward to create 169 virgin acres for recreation and real estate speculation…” “[But by] galvanizing environmentalists, civic leaders, wary local residents and public officials -- most of them former Westway opponents -- Mr. Butzel has, since 1996, helped raise $360 million, mostly from the city and state government, and prodded officials to get the [Hudson River Park] built.” Read More Related Project
	Javits Center Expansion—“Javits Center Expansion Approaches Final Hurdle” Engineering News Record 05-09-2006 by Tom Nicholson
	Abstract: “...Supporters say the expansion will pump $47 million a year into the city's economy and help reestablish the city as a major convention destination…But detractors...say the plan falls short and...still won't make [the Center] competitive. Once among the top convention centers in the nation, the 20-year-old Javits Center has slipped in the past decade to 16th on the list of the largest convention facilities in the country. The expansion would bring it to eighth on the list...” Read More
	Brooklyn Bridge Park—“Brooklyn’s New Front Yard” Brooklyn Eagle 01-20-2006 by Dennis Holt
	State’s Development Corp. Approves Final Plan Brooklyn Bridge Park Will Stretch 1.3 Miles Along East River Read More Related Project
	World Trade Center Transportation Hub/PATH Terminal—“Looking Back to Move Forward With a New Rail Terminal at the Trade Center Site” New York Times 09-07-2005. by David W. Dunlap
	Abstract: “…the transportation hub…will create a network of underground connections to other buildings on the trade center site, to nearby subway stations and, under West Street-Route 9A, to the World Financial Center.” Read More Related Project
	Second Avenue Subway / East Side Access—“New York Transportation Bond Measure Approved; Major Construction Can Move Forward” Engineering News Record 11-9-2005 by Aileen Cho
	Abstract: “New York state voters approved a $2.9 billion bond measure Nov. 8, allowing two crucial New York City transit projects to move forward as well as scores of others. "It's time for action," says Mysore Nagaraja, president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction Co. The agency is overseeing two transit megaprojects—the new Second Avenue Subway and the East Side Access linking Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal…” Read More Related Project
	West Midtown Intermodal Ferry Terminal—“New Ferry Facility Adds Gloss To Manhattan Waterfront” Engineering News Record 10-31-2005 by Aileen Cho
	Abstract: “Working around and atop the underwater tubes of the Lincoln Tunnel, crews constructed a new $56-million ferry terminal in midtown Manhattan that opened Oct. 24. In addition to sprucing up the New York City waterfront along the Hudson River, the terminal is seen as a potential evacuation route should a 9/11-like event ever occur again.” “Designed by William Nicholas Boudouva + Associates, New York City, the two-story glass-and-steel terminal sits on clusters of timber and concrete piles that had supported an old timber dock. It is wedged between the river and two ventilation towers that pump air out of the Lincoln Tunnel.” Read More Related Project
	Route 9A—First Phase of West Street Reconstruction Gets Underway New York Construction News 9-01-2005 by Nancy Hanks
	Abstract: “The stretch of road known as West Street is in one of the most high-profile construction zones in the nation, bordering the World Trade Center site on one flank and running down to the end of the island where it also leads to an entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. “The reconstruction is taking place in several phases, the most prominent of which is the segment next to the World Trade Center site. That portion was the focus of an intense debate over whether to put the lanes next to the site in a tunnel.” ARKF transportation expert Robert Conway describes some of the work on this phase of the rebuilding. Read More Related Project
	Hudson River Park—Manhattan Park Called Most Significant Addition In 150 Years Engineering News Record 06-02-2003 by Tom Sawyer
	ABSTRACT: New York City is set to open the first piece of a new $380-million park that will ultimately become Manhattan's second largest, 150 years after Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux began design work on the borough's other great retreat, Central Park. The first of six sections of Hudson River Park, a study in modern landscape engineering, will be dedicated May 29. The park is being built atop a five-mile stretch of bulkheaded, pier-studded river front reclaimed from generations of industrial and warehouse use and a long slide into dereliction. When completed in about seven years, the park will have 150 upland acres and 400 acres of water cupped between 13 amenity-laden concrete piers, most over 800 ft long. Read More Related Project