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Sheridan Expressway

Sheridan Expressway

Project last updated April 16, 2009

The Pratt Center is working, as part of the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance, on a collaborative vision for demolishing the underutilized Sheridan Expressway and replacing it with affordable housing, green open space, and other amenities. New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff has called the Sheridan plan one of the best models in the nation for reclaiming America's cities.

Removing the Sheridan would allow over 1,200 units of new housing, plus 500,000 square feet of commercial, community, and light industrial space to be developed on its footprint. The plan routes truck traffic along a new overpass and reconnects local streets to the waterfront, including the new Concrete Plant Park on a former industrial site.

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Tour the Sheridan Expressway Community Plan

News last updated July 13, 2010

As The New York Times reports, the community-generated proposal to replace the underutilized Sheridan Expressway with parks, affordable housing, commercial space and amenities is gaining momentum. 

Here's a video tour of the community-generated plan, as developed by the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance with the support of the Pratt Center. Learn more about the project here. And see Times architecture critic Nicolai Ourossoff's appreciation of the Sheridan plan as one of the leading ideas for "Reinventing America's Cities." 

Click "Read more" to see the video.

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Our Cities/Ourselves

Event on July 28, 2010

A panel on reclaiming New York City's streets

Featuring Pratt Center's Joan Byron and NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan

 

Pratt Center director of Sustainability and Environmental Justice Joan Byron will join leaders from other civic groups and agencies to present innovative projects to reclaim New York City's streets. Byron will be discussing the Sheridan Expressway site proposal, which would replace an underutilized highway with riverfront open space, affordable housing, commercial space and other resources.

Event Details

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Center for Architecture

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