Pier Supports
Aug 26, 2021
2 minutes
WORDS _Elizabeth Pagliacolo
PHOTOS _Timothy Schenck
Announced in 2014 with visualizations of a seemingly fantastical folly, the Hudson River’s new Pier 55 was almost immediately wrapped up in controversy over its funding by billionaire Barry Diller. Later, as the structure began to mushroom from the water during its more than five years of construction — 132 concrete piles showing off their
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