New Pier 57 details emerge

Now that Youngwoo & Associates has been tapped for the Pier 57 project, new details are emerging about how that long-vacant space will be used. The $210 million project will include a rooftop garden, cafes, an auction house, art galleries and an art library. The designers’ plan favors an environmentally friendly approach to land development, incorporating recycled materials into the center, Greg Carney, a Youngwoo partner, said. He explained that the Pier 57 plan follows the cultural moves cultivated in some of Manhattan’s trendier neighborhoods. “We saw a real opportunity to extend what is happening in the Meatpacking District and West Chelsea,” Carney said. “It’s an extension essentially of 15th Street to create a city street environment in the pier structure.”