Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan
The FiDi and Seaport neighborhood in Lower Manhattan is vulnerable to climate change-induced flooding.
Released by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency in 2021, the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan reimagines the Lower Manhattan shoreline and creates a resilient waterfront to withstand severe coastal storms and rising sea levels.
The plan covers nearly one mile of East River shoreline from just south of the Brooklyn Bridge to the Battery, including South Street Seaport and the Wall Street Financial District, extending out to the pierhead line.
AKRF supported the regulatory and permitting process as part of the master planning team and developed and implemented an aquatic resource sampling program for plankton, fish, and sediment and water quality within the East River study area in consultation with state and federal regulatory and resource agencies. We are now managing the aquatic biology survey for a third year.
Design Honors
2023 ASLA New York Honor Award
2023 AIA New York State Honor Award
2022 The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Merit Award
2022 AIA/ASLA New York Transportation & Infrastructure Honor Award
