Long Beach Island’s sole highway connection with the mainland has been significantly enhanced via the six-year, $319-million project that rehabilitated the existing three-mile causeway and added a parallel structure.
What was once an imposing 1.3-mile interstate-grade highway barrier isolating Bronx neighborhoods now is a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly urban arterial boulevard that provides residents with a connection to parks and the Bronx River waterfront while also preserving access for commercial trucks.
Sarah Lawrence College has a new “front door”—the 35,000-sq-ft Barbara Walters Campus Center in Westchester County, N.Y. An adaptable social and academic gathering space, the center is named after the school’s famous journalist alumna.
The nearly 85-year-old vertical lift bridge is ready for decades more of service thanks to a comprehensive rehabilitation that included electrical and mechanical system upgrades, installation of a new standby generator, and enhancements to provide a safer environment for maintenance personnel.
Racing against the spread of COVID-19, the project team collaborated in a design-build effort to create a 1,000-bed field hospital in less than a month.
A former Governor’s Island military warehouse dating to 1870 underwent a renovation to create the new Lower Manhattan Culture Council Arts Center—a safe, comfortable and engaging studio and exhibition space where emerging artists can create and display their works in a dynamic gallery and studio space that also includes administrative offices.
The $396-million facility rehabilitation program erased years of disrepair and deterioration, restoring the historic station’s appearance and functionality.
Thanks to a comprehensive adaptive reuse effort involving specialized contractors and preservationists, Tammany Hall is now a modern 63,700-sq-ft mixed-use space, rebranded as 44 Union Square East.