Design Commission - Twenty-Third Annual Design Awards

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Twenty-Third Annual Awards for Excellence in Design, July 12, 2005

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Joyce Frank Menschel, President of the Art Commission, honored nine public projects at the 23rd Annual Art Commission Awards for Excellence in Design at The Museum of Modern Art on July 12, 2005. The winning projects were selected from hundreds of submissions that the Art Commission reviewed in 2004 and exemplify the highest design standards.

Award Recipients

Installation of Coenties Ship by Bryan Hunt and Design and Expansion of the Triangle
Coenties Slip at Water Street, Manhattan
A Project of the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of Transportation
Bryan Hunt, Artist
George Vellonakis, Department of Parks & Recreation

Installation of Portrait of a Young Reader by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
The Bronx Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx
A Project of the New York Public Library and the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art Program
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Artist
Colin Franzen, Architectural Consultant

Construction of the Kingsbridge Branch Library
West 231st Street at Corlear Avenue, Bronx
A Project of the Department of Design and Construction and the New York Public Library
David W. Prendergast, Prendergast
Laurel Architects

Installation of Swing Low by Alison Saar and Redesign of Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaza
St. Nicholas Avenue, Frederick Douglass Boulevard, West 122nd Street and West 121st Street, Manhattan
A Project of the Department of Design and Construction, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art Program and the Department of Parks & Recreation
Alison Saar, Artist
Mark Bunnell, Quennell Rothschild & Partners

Construction of Engine Company 277 and Ladder Company 112
582 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn
A Project of the Department of Design and Construction and the Fire Department
Scott J. Vautrin, STV Incorporated

Reconstruction of a Step Street
32nd Street between 24th Avenue and Astoria Boulevard North, Queens
A Project of the Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Transportation
Timothy Lynch, Department of Design and Construction

Reconstruction of Louise Nevelson Plaza
Liberty Street, William Street and Maiden Lane, Manhattan
A Project of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Design and Construction
Laurie Hawkinson, Smith-Miller + Hawkinson
Ralph Lerner, Ralph Lerner Architect
Nicholas Quennell, Quennell Rothschild & Partners

Design of a New York City Street Light Standard for Installation Citywide
City Lights Design Competition
A Project of the Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Transportation
Thomas Phifer, Thomas Phifer and Partners

Special Recognition Award

Planning and Development of a 2,200-Acre Public Park
Fresh Kills Landfill, Western Shore, Staten Island
A Project of the Department of City Planning, the Department of Parks & Recreation, the Department of Sanitation and the Department of Cultural Affairs
James Corner, Field Operations