Zuccotti Park
Zuccotti Park | |
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John E. Zuccotti, Brookfield Properties CEO | |
Operated by | Brookfield Properties |
Status | Open all year |
Zuccotti Park (formerly Liberty Plaza Park) is a 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m2) publicly accessible park in the
The park was created in 1968 by
The park was heavily damaged in the
History
The site was the location of the first coffeehouse in colonial New York City, The King's Arms which opened under the ownership of Lieutenant John Hutchins in 1696. It stood on the west side of Broadway between Crown (now Liberty) Street and Little Queen (now Cedar) Street.[3] On November 5, 1773, summoned by the Sons of Liberty, a huge crowd assembled outside the coffee house to denounce the Tea Act, and agents of the East India Trading Company who were handling cargoes of dutied tea. It was perhaps the first public demonstration in opposition to the Tea Act in the American colonies.[4]
The park was created in 1968 by
The park is home to a signpost for Temple Street, a "ghost street" which appeared on Manhattan maps as early as 1695, but was redeveloped out of existence by the early 1970s.[7]
September 11 attacks and renovation
The park was one of the few open spaces with tables and seats in the Financial District. Located one block from the World Trade Center, it was covered with debris, and subsequently used as a staging area for the recovery efforts after the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.[8] As part of the Lower Manhattan rebuilding efforts, the park was regraded, trees were planted, and the tables and seating restored.[6]
On June 1, 2006, the park reopened after an $8 million renovation designed by
Occupy Wall Street
During the
Sculptures
The park is home to three sculptures: Joie de Vivre by Mark di Suvero; Double Check, a bronze businessman sitting on a bench, by John Seward Johnson II; and Rose III by Iza Genzken.[12][8][13][14][15] Joie de Vivre, a 70-foot-tall sculpture consisting of bright-red beams, was installed in Zuccotti Park in 2006, having been moved from its previous installation in the Storm King Art Center. Benjamin Genocchio, an Australian then-New York-based art critic, commented that the sculpture suited the location, "nicely echoing the skyscrapers around it."[16]
See also
- New York City portal
- List of privately owned public spaces in New York City
- Occupation of Alcatraz
- People's Park (Berkeley)
References
Notes
- ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (November 13, 2011). "Privately Owned Park, Open to the Public, May Make Its Own Rules". The New York Times. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ "New York City's Privately Owned Public Spaces". New York City Department of City Planning. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ Burrows and Wallace (1999), p.108
- ^ Burrows and Wallace (1999), p.214
- ^ Dunlap, cited above, gives the date as 1968, but "Liberty Plaza Construction to Begin This Spring", cited below, gives 1972. Other sources give similar dates:
- 1974: Collins, Glenn (July 23, 2005). "A Return Engagement for a Ground Zero Oasis". Wired New York. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
The park was built in 1974 in a trade-off that let the developer add seven stories to 1 Liberty Plaza, the office tower across the street; the park could only be completed when a holdout, a Chock Full O' Nuts store, was razed in 1980.
- Early 1970s: Urbanelli, Elisa (June 7, 1988). Goeschel, Nancy (ed.). U.S. Realty Building (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. p. 5.
In the early 1970s, the U.S. Steel Corporation constructed a plaza, in conjunction with their new headquarters, directly to the north of the U.S. Realty Building ...
- 1974: Collins, Glenn (July 23, 2005). "A Return Engagement for a Ground Zero Oasis". Wired New York. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ a b "Liberty Plaza Construction to Begin this Spring". Wired New York. January 21, 2004. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (January 30, 2012). "Holding Out at Zuccotti Park Is a 44-Year-Old Tradition". City Room. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Brookfield Properties Re-Opens Lower Manhattan Park Following $8 Million Renovation" (Press release). June 1, 2006. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ Colford, Paul D. (June 6, 2006). "Park Honor for Ex-City Official". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "'WTC Cross' is Installed in 9/11 Memorial Museum (Updated)". 9/11 Memorial & Museum. July 23, 2011. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "Zuccotti Park". Cooper, Robertson & Partners. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ Neuendorf, Henri (September 18, 2018). "Isa Genzken's Monumental Steel Rose Rises in Zuccotti Park—Just in Time for the 10-Year Anniversary of the Financial Crisis". artnet News. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ "Zuccotti Park Opens at Broadway and Liberty Street". Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. June 1, 2006. Archived from the original on October 3, 2006. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Liberty Plaza Park Turns Over a New Leaf". Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. July 25, 2005. Archived from the original on September 28, 2006. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (June 1, 2006). "Back at His Bench Downtown, Having Survived 9/11". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ^ Genocchio, Benjamin (June 23, 2006). "Works of a Major Player In Macho Sculpture". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-195-11634-8.
External links
- Media related to Zuccotti Park at Wikimedia Commons