Preliminary Results

From June through December 2007, NPCA invited public feedback on the various design elements portrayed by the finalists designs for Gateway National Recreation Area. The public's top choice design is: Reassembling Ecologies, with 78 percent of the total votes. This design focuses on centralizing human use in one area, while the rest of the site returns to a more natural and wild state. It includes core recreation areas and an elevated viewing platform where visitors can observe wilderness. The jurys first-place selection, Mapping the Ecotone, received 20 percent of the votes, making it the publics second choice. H2grOw, which addresses the issue of severe wetland loss in Jamaica Bay through the use of hydroponic pods, was the public's third choice, receiving 18 percent of the votes.

NPCA is now partnering with the Regional Plan Association, which will conduct an in-depth analysis of the votes and gather some additional feedback before we present both the publics input and the winning designs themselves to the National Park Service for potential inclusion in the next planning phase of Gateways General Management Plan, scheduled to begin in 2009.

View the Finalist Designs >>