UPDATE

PARK LIFE

ew York City is getting greener thanks to a trio of recently opened waterfront spaces. July saw the debut of Brooklyn’s (), named in honor of a local politician who became the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968. The recreational spot takes up two former landfills fronting Jamaica Bay, and (). James Corner Field Operations, the landscape design firm behind the High Line, retained factory machinery and gantry cranes, contrasting the artifacts with swamp white oaks and wooden sun loungers. Just as intriguing is () at Queens’ Long Island City, which features a promenade raised above low-lying wetlands and an accessible tree-filled peninsula that becomes an island at high tide. Don’t miss the cantilevered viewing platform looking out across the East River to Midtown Manhattan.