Gateway
Visions for an Urban National Park / Book

Van Alen Institute for Public Architecture
& Princeton Architectural Press, publishers

Design Direction
Design

Gateway National Recreation Area is one of the most diverse and underused parks in the national park system. Spreading across the coastline of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey, it includes wildlife estuaries, bird-nesting areas, salt marshes, historic military forts, beaches, and NYC's first municipal airport. Due to neglect and misuse, this extraordinary natural and national resource is at risk. This book presents the collaborative efforts of the Van Alen Institute, the National Parks Conservation Association, and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation to investigate and document the diverse ecology of the park and re-envision a more sustainable future for it. Editors: Alexander Brash, Jamie Hand, Kate Orff (SCAPE).

/ Design Detail / Essays, archival photos, contemporary proposals for re-envisioning Gateway are combined in this 224 page volume. Maps, photography and historical illustration offer both information as well as textural elements.