Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2023 conference session.
Start Date
11/07/2025
End Date
11/06/2027
Description
A dedicated team of designers and public agency leadership share the story of Shirley Chisholm State Park, once a landfill but now the largest State Park in New York City. This project overcame steep political, legal, financial, and physical challenges to provide a large-scale park for an underserved neighborhood.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
Describe the administrative, legal, financial, and political complexities behind the making of large public parks in dense urban environments.; Understand the ways the design team worked strategically within the physical constraints of a landfill while also delivering on the design vision and carefully managing a modest budget.; Demonstrate the ways that access to nature and landscape programs can support underserved communities with issues of poor health, limited access to nature, and few recreational options.; Illustrate the importance of collaboration and shared vision to enable the design and delivery of an urgent project under difficult circumstances.
Instructors
Elizabeth R. Silver, ASLA; Leslie Wright; Rose Harvey
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects