River Ring

Testimonials

Here’s what experts are saying about the future of River Ring

Henk Ovink

Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the Netherlands and Principal of Rebuild By Design

"By raising the bar, the River Ring project is setting a new riverfront resiliency standard and catalyzing ambitious riverfront development for an environmentally safe, socially just and climate resilient East River."

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Dirk Sijmons

Founder of H+N+S Landscape Architects, Emeritus professor Landscape Architecture
TU-Delft and State advisor on Landscape and Urbanism of the Netherlands

"The social ecology gets a boost by creating prime public space that will not only offer a spectacular balcony on the East River for the people of Brooklyn but the ‘offshore’ part of the project will also act as an educational tool in the understanding of the main components of a living shoreline. In a true way, the River Ring project is turning problems into a new park."

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Adrian Benepe

Director of National Programs at the Trust for Public Land and Former New York City Parks Commissioner

"What excites me most about this project is that it will help New Yorkers learn about the city’s shoreline and how it impacts our daily lives both now and in the future. It is so different from the rest of the East River Waterfront and breaks the plane of the hard edge, evoking an archipelago that fosters an array of micro-habitats."

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Billy Fleming

Wilks Family Director,
Ian L. McHarg Center

"New Yorkers are at the frontlines of climate change. The city, state and private sector have a responsibility to address housing and climate justice. We need more creative projects like River Ring that can house more working-class New Yorkers, anticipate rising seas, and build the communities we’ll need for an uncertain future."

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Michael Berkowitz

President of 100 Resilient Cities, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

"The River Ring project can serve as an example of how designers, developers, and cities can realize this resilience dividend of better public space and protection against climate change."

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Roland Lewis

Former President and CEO of
Waterfront Alliance

"Led by development and design teams with proven track records in creating stunning and innovative projects with input from the surrounding community, the Williamsburg development has incredible potential to be an innovative and progressive benchmark in waterfront design
for our city."

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Tom Wright

President and CEO, Regional Plan Association

"The River Ring project sets a new standard for resiliency in development projects, addressing both flood risk impacts and increased waterfront access. We need to see more of this kind of innovation and forward-thinking along our urban coastlines."

Here’s what experts are saying about the future of river street

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Dirk
Sijmons

Founder of H+N+S Landscape Architects, Emeritus professor Landscape Architecture
TU-Delft and State advisor on Landscape and Urbanism of the Netherlands

The social ecology gets a boost by creating prime public space that will not only offer a spectacular balcony on the East River for the people of Brooklyn but the ‘offshore’ part of the project will also act as an educational tool in
the understanding of the main components of a living shoreline
. In a true way, the River Street project is turning problems into a new park.

"

Billy
Fleming

Wilks Family Director,
Ian L. McHarg Center

New Yorkers are at the frontlines of climate change. The city, state and private sector have a responsibility to address housing and climate justice. We need more creative projects like River Street
that can house more working-class New Yorkers, anticipate rising seas, and build the communities we’ll need for an uncertain future.

"

Henk
Ovink

Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the Netherlands and Principal of Rebuild
By Design

By raising the bar, the River Street project is setting a new riverfront resiliency standard and catalyzing ambitious riverfront development for an environmentally safe, socially just and climate resilient East River.

"

Adrian
Benepe

Director of National Programs at the Trust for Public Land and Former New York City Parks Commissioner

What excites me most about this project is that it will help New Yorkers learn about the city’s shoreline and how it impacts our daily lives both now and in the future. It is so different from the rest of the East River Waterfront and breaks the plane of the hard edge, evoking an archipelago that fosters an array of micro-habitats.

"

Michael Berkowitz

President of 100 Resilient Cities, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

The River Street project can serve as an example of how designers, developers, and cities can realize this resilience dividend of better public space and protection against climate change.

"

Tom
Wright

President and CEO, Regional Plan Association

The River Street project sets a new standard for resiliency in development projects, addressing both flood risk impacts and increased waterfront access.
We need to see more of this kind of innovation and forward-thinking along our urban coastlines.

"

Roland
Lewis

President and CEO of
Waterfront Alliance

Led by development and design teams with proven track records in creating stunning and innovative projects with input from the surrounding community,
the Williamsburg development has incredible potential to be an innovative and progressive benchmark in waterfront design
for our city.