The Hargreaves Associates-designed Crescent Park opened on 2 July 2015. The 1.4-mile long New Orleans park is the culmination of the New Orleans Building Corporation’s 2006 Reinventing the Crescent effort. Hargreaves led the design effort, collaborating with executive architect Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, and architects David Adjaye Associates and Michael Maltzan Architecture, to transform 20 acres of former port lands into a connective riverfront. The new park re-establishes pedestrian connections between the Bywater and Marginy neighborhoods, and the Mississippi River, while enticing French Quarter visitors to explore more of the Crescent City.
“It’s spectacular,” (Mayor) Landrieu said. “Most people don’t see the city from this view. I mean it’s the most spectacular view of the city, and if you think about the long term growth of the city of New Orleans, most cities in America are going back to their water.” Video link
“#1 A morning in Crescent Park”
Dreamed up post-Katrina and finally opened this past year, this waterfront park hugging the Mississippi in the city’s Bywater neighborhood isn’t just much-needed green space where you can catch the rare breeze off the river during the sultry summer months, Crescent Park is a fierce work of post-industrial art too, from the soaring, arched back of a bridge leading from the foot of Piety Street and over the railroad tracks (giving you a workout before you even arrive) to the Instagram-ready ruins of the old wharf at the river’s edge. Pleasant pathways, native plantings and skyline views complete the picture within the 1.4 mile linear park, providing a true escape from the city without going very far at all.” Full article
For a different view of Crescent Park, see the fly through by clicking here.