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NYC Mayor Unveils $164 Million Investment

to Transform West Village Corridor into New

Recreation, Cultural, and Fitness Hub

Project Features Approximately 100,000 Square Feet of Indoor and Outdoor Recreation Spanning Three Properties
and Featuring State-of-the-Art Facilities, Indoor and Outdoor Aquatics, Public Art, and Green Space

Aerial view of the full revitalization plan for the Clarkson Street Corridor. Example designs of a new, but different NYC Parks recreation center gymnasium and indoor
Credit: NYC Parks pool (Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center, Brooklyn; In Construction) Credit: NYC Parks / NYC DDC

OUR BUREAU more connected neighborhoods.”
The holistic plan for the neigh-
NEW YORK, NY
borhood will unlock nearly 100,000
ew York City Mayor Eric Ad- square feet of new and improved in-
ams and New York City De- door and outdoor recreation and de-
Npartment of Parks and Rec- liver a new outdoor Aquatics Com-
reation (NYC Parks) Commissioner plex, a new recreation center at 388
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa have announced Hudson Street, the preservation of
a transformative vision for the Clark- Keith Haring’s Carmine Street Pool
son Street corridor in the West Vil- Mural, and the new passive recre-
lage. The city is investing nearly $164 ation at Hudson-Houston Plaza. The
million in the multi-agency project to plan for the Clarkson Street corri-
enhance community health and well- dor is shaped by feedback from the
ness, develop local recreation space, community about the need for recre-
and build more public space. Made Example of a different, modern accessible NYC Parks outdoor pool ation facilities and programming. To
possible, in part, through investments build on that input, NYC Parks has
made in the city’s 10-Year Capital (Sheltering Arms; Manhattan) Credit: NYC Parks also launched a community online
Plan as part of Mayor Adams’ “Best input portal, inviting the public to
Budget Ever,” the project includes the rich history of our city. We will “This is a transformational mile- answer questions about the types of
funding to build a new fully accessi- introduce new amenities into this stone for this neighborhood and recreation programming they would
ble outdoor pool and pool house on neighborhood, including a fully ac- for Manhattan as a whole — and like to see, which will serve as both
the site of the current Tony Dapolito cessible pool and pool house, as well thanks to Mayor Adams’ ‘Celebrate a feedback tool for future designers
Recreation Center, preserving the as more affordable housing, all while Swimming’ funding, we’re turning and a forum for residents to share
Keith Haring mural, and creating a honoring the rich history and legacy that vision into reality,” said NYC ideas.
new indoor recreation center to be of the Keith Haring mural and pre- Parks Commissioner Rodriguez-Ro- The vision underscores the Ad-
located across the street. serving the community spirit rooted sa. “From a brand-new indoor pool ams administration’s commitment
“A pillar of any community is its in West Village parks, where friends and basketball gym to honoring the to fostering spaces where art, histo-
public spaces, which is where fam- and families have long come togeth- legacy of Keith Haring’s mural, we’re ry, and active lifestyles intersect. This
ilies and neighbors develop memo- er. Our mission is to make New York celebrating history as we plan for the initiative will be a collaborative ef-
ries, participate in recreation, and City a safer, more affordable city that future with expanded amenities that fort with the community, integrating
share culture with one another,” said is the best place to raise a family, and support community wellness. This thoughtful design and public input to
Mayor Adams. “This $164-million in- visionary plans like this, which invest project reflects what residents have create a strong neighborhood corri-
vestment will revitalize a community in local communities, is exactly how asked for: inclusive, free, and accessi- dor that stands as an example of New
that has consistently contributed to we do just that.” ble recreation that inspires healthier, York City’s innovation in public space.

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