Field Operations has designed Hudson River Park's Gansevoort Peninsula, transforming a former sanitation site into Manhattan's first public beach in New York, United States.

Hudson River Park's Gansevoort Peninsula demonstrates how shorelines in very constrained and challenging sites can be designed to be highly performative and deliver co-benefits of resilience, ecological enhancement and access.

As a result, the Gansevoort Peninsula transforms a former sanitation site into Manhattan's first public beach and features the first salt marsh on Manhattan's side of the Hudson River, creating a resilient shoreline that invites New Yorkers to engage with the river.

Shaped by community input, the park balances active and passive spaces for relaxation and recreation while drawing visitors to its varied edges.

In addition, the salt marsh serves as a precedent for future resilience projects.

This project has been longlisted in the landscape and urban design category of Dezeen Awards 2025.

Studio: Field Operations
Project: Hudson River Park’s Gansevoort Peninsula
Credits: Hudson River Park Trust, nArchitects, Philip Habib & Associates, Langan, Altieri Sebor Wieber, PlusGroup, Silman, eDesign Dynamics, CAS Group, KS Engineers, Craul Land Scientists, TMS Waterfront, JAM, Northern Designs, Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Pentagram, Dharam Consulting, Holmes Keogh Associates, Thornton Tomasetti, Gilbane Building Company and Invictus Engineering