In early April, EDD’s Nicholas Parisi presented at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) NY’s “Climate Action Forum 2025: Nature-Based Solutions: Better Infrastructure Integration.” Parisi presented EDD’s work as Ecological Restoration leads for the Gansevoort Peninsula project at Hudson River Park; the presentation was titled “Living Shorelines.”
EDD’s design restores an intertidal saltmarsh and tidepool complex on the park’s northern edge, the first successful saltmarsh restoration on Manhattan’s west side. The design also included subtidal habitat restoration features such as oyster gabions and reefballs, which have shown successful recruitment and growth of oyster colonies since the park’s installation in 2023.
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