THERE ARE LANDSCAPES that alter our understanding of what gardens can accomplish. Prominent among them, for me, is Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Stretching for almost a mile and a half along New York City’s East River, this 21st century park is, at 85 acres, the largest such project undertaken in the borough of Brooklyn since the days of Frederick Law Olmsted. At the park’s conception, the site was challenging. It comprised half a dozen retired concrete shipping piers perched on
