Figure 1 — Rally on Pier 84 with a State Senator and an Assembly Member, April 1998. , Photo: Source — author
The Role of Users in Processes of Urban Resilience
The career of Manhattan’s Pier 84
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Community involvement in the renewal of urban public sites can lead to the disappointment of residents who feel ultimately used by planning processes. Looking at the career of a pier on the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan, I show how residents can still have an influence over the design of public space by defending already existing uses, which prove more resilient to change over years than ideas advocated within the official participatory process.
Pier 84 and the Intrepid Sea, Air …
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Stéphane Tonnelat is a research fellow with the French CNRS at New York University. His ethnographic research on urban public spaces in Paris and New York focuses mainly on urban interstices (wastelands, empty lots, construction sites), parks and gardens, subways and ferries.