Park
Little Island
Little Island, Pier 55 at Hudson River Park, Hudson River Greenway, New York, NY 10014, USA
Floating public park built atop 132 concrete tulip-shaped piles rising from the Hudson River.
This guide to Little Island in New York City follows media mogul Barry Diller's promise of a floating garden on the Hudson, designed by Thomas Heatherwick and funded with two hundred and sixty million dollars of Diller and Diane von Furstenberg's own money. It traces how a rival developer quietly funded lawsuits over the project's environmental permits, and the autumn of 2017 when the park collapsed for forty-three days. Along the way it covers how Heatherwick's design grew out of old pier pilings jutting from the river, flared into concrete planting bowls rising above the water.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.