1. Public/Green Space Information Design: Assignment 1 Andrea, Jaqi, Spencer

2. Defining Boundaries Public or Private? System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n Is it Green?

3. Defining Boundaries Important Elements Users Programming - Events & Facilities Relationship with Neighborhood - Foster Community System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

4. Defining Boundaries Larger System Park Users Politicians Environmentalists Businesses Neighborhood residents Maintenance Crews Police & Security System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

5. Research: Individual Parks Importance of Programming Events for people to attend Places for people to inhabit Space for groups to use Facilities for people to use System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

6. Research: Economics Economic Effect on Neighborhood Redesign of Bryant Park turns it into a model park rather than a source of crime Development of the Highline revitalizes Meatpacking District and boosts housing prices in the area System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

7. Research: Digital Presence System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

8. Choose Your Own Adventure System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

9. Park Information: Bad System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

10. Park Information: Good System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

11. Park Information: London Good: Interactive Organized Fast Zoom Bad: No full city map System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

12. Park Information: Tokyo Good: Parks ranked for different activities Clear maps Bad: No full city map Not interactive System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

13. Park Information: Copenhagen Good: Full city map Key parks/attractions highlighted Bad: Not interactive Need to know what to look for System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n

14. System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n Entire System We chose the renovation and revitalization of Bryant Park as an example of how the New York City Park meta-system works. We also illustrated its sub- systems to show how they interact with each other.

15. System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n Political Sub-System

16. System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n Business Sub-System

17. System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n Community Sub-System

18. System Boundaries Resear ch Precede nts Desig n Users Map

19. Data Sources General Info: http://www.nycgovparks.org/http://www.nycgovparks.org/ Battery Park Renovation: http://www.thebattery.org/http://www.thebattery.org/ Battery Park City Authority: http://www.batteryparkcity.org/page/index_battery.html http://www.batteryparkcity.org/page/index_battery.html WSP General Info, Insight: http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/washingtonsquare.htm http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/washingtonsquare.htm Projects about the WSP: http://www.washingtonsquarepark.org/http://www.washingtonsquarepark.org/ WSP Blog: http://washingtonsquarepark.wordpress.com/http://washingtonsquarepark.wordpress.com/ Bryant Park Corporation http://www.bryantpark.org/http://www.bryantpark.org/ East River Music Project http://ermp.org/eastriver/http://ermp.org/eastriver/ Hudson River Park http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/index.asphttp://www.hudsonriverpark.org/index.asp Riverside Park Fund http://www.riversideparkfund.org/http://www.riversideparkfund.org/ Union Square Partnership http://unionsquarenyc.org/http://unionsquarenyc.org/ Central Park Conservancy http://www.centralparknyc.org/http://www.centralparknyc.org/