PARKS AND RESTORATION
How landscape architect Thomas Woltz is invigorating American cities with a new approach to urban parks
On the west side of Manhattan, an armada of cranes and construction workers is building the city’s largest 21st century development. A 28-acre, $25 billion megaproject by Related Companies, Hudson Yards will include six skyscrapers, 17 million square feet of commercial and residential space, a performing-arts center, and a hotel. The project’s scale is impressive, as is its location spanning one of the busiest railways in New York City—an industrial site filled with train cars and a tangle of
