Twelve hundred tons of sand arrived last month in Hudson River Park, the sliver of green space on the western edge of Manhattan, and it took only a quarter-century to get there.
George E. Pataki signed the law authorizing the creation of the park, he vowed it would have a beach.
Now, on the 25th anniversary of the Hudson River Park Act — which turned a strip of dilapidated warehouses and rotting piers along the city’s mightiest river into a sprawling park network — West Siders will finally get to wriggle their toes in the sand.
The beach is part of a larger effort to complete the park and knit together its disparate sections, which have been developed in bits and pieces over the years.
The newest projects expected to open soon are Gansevoort Peninsula, a recreational area off Gansevoort Street that includes the beach as part of a $73 million overhaul, and Pier 97, a $47 million project off 57th Street that will have a big playground.
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George E, Pataki, Siders
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Hudson River, Manhattan, Hudson