The Public Design Commission recognizes outstanding public projects with its Annual Awards for Excellence in Design selected from hundreds of submissions. The award ceremony was held at the historic Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the New York City Mayor since 1942 and built in 1799 by Archibald Gracie.
Prospect Park Upper and Lower Vale
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
NYC Parks and the Prospect Park Alliance
This project is the historic restoration of the Children’s Pool in the Lower Vale, which reintroduces architectural details as intended by original landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The Upper Vale, a former rose garden with three disused concrete basins, includes a new planted arbor.
Working closely with Thorton Tomasetti and the design team, PAR Engineering provided the structural engineering on the restoration and new design projects within schedule and on budget.