History and Resources – East River Park ACTION

The Early plans:

East River Blueway Plan, 2012

Look at this. You’ll cry when you see how beautifully it could have been done if we’d adopted these 2012 plans. https://www.wxystudio.com/projects/urban_design/east_river_blueway_plan

Further resources compiled by Kendra Krueger:

East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan (ESCR Plan)

Description: The city’s current ‘preferred alternative’ plan.

Timeline: October 2018 first presented

Website portal: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/escr/index.page

Current Plan details from From September 17th Hearing:

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/escr/downloads/pdf/ESCR-Final-SAPA-Hearing-Presentation-2019.09.17.pdf

Environmental Impact Statement

Description: The FEIS includes a detailed project description and an assessment of environmental impacts, including direct, indirect, and cumulative effects, associated with a No Action Alternative, Preferred Alternative, and three other With Action Alternatives, and a response to comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

Timeline: August 2019

Website: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/escr/progress/environmental-review.page

Executive Summary:

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/escr/downloads/pdf/FEIS/ESCR-EIS-Chapter-0.0-Executive-Summary.pdf

Final Environmental Impact Statement, Sept. 2019

Environmental Review Documents: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/escr/progress/environmental-review.page

National Environmental Policy Act, New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, and City Environmental Quality Review JOINT ROD (Record Of Decition) and FINDINGS STATEMENT, New York City Office of Management and Budget New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, December 2019.

Community Design Plan

Description: GOLES–Good Old Lower East Side–helped start LES Ready!, the longterm recovery group that formed in response to Sandy. Out of their grassroots organizing, the community was able to engage the Rebuild by Design process. Many other organizations contributed to the People’s Plan for the LES Waterfront even before Sandy. Check out this thoughtful and detailed report. It’s a history, survey, and recommendations.

Timeline: 2014-2017

https://caaav.org/publications/PeoplePlanFINAL.pdf

Rebuild by Design ‘The Big U’ Design Report

Description:

Timeline:

http://www.rebuildbydesign.org/data/files/675.pdf

Rebuild by Design, reports from 2015 to the present. It shows the concepts, designs, and changes from the beginning of the planning process.

http://rebuildbydesign.org/news-and-events/updates?utm_source=Master+Contact+Sheet&utm_campaign=bc8ae87000-End_of_Year_Letter_112_6_2016_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_96d3bf4fc1-bc8ae87000-119623593&mc_cid=bc8ae87000&mc_eid=366fdb034d

NYCHA Recovery and Resiliency Plans

Description: NYCHA’s own flood protection plan, separate from ESCR

Timeline:

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/about/recovery-resiliency.page