The new eco-park at Pier 35, anchors the northern boundary of the East River esplanade project, providing outdoor space for the local community and acting as an innovative habitat restoration park. The pier’s accordion-like design creates the sense of a “folded” terrain. A series of landscaped lawns and dunes form a walkway, while an inclined, plant-covered screen wall acts as a “green” billboard to the city. A raised porch with custom swings provides a place to relax and take in the views of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and Brooklyn Bridge Park. In addition, with a grant from the New York Department of State’s Division of Coastal Resources, as well as support from NYCEDC, Mussel Beach was created as an ecological prototype, replicating the characteristics of the historic East River shoreline. The pier’s folded terrain drops down into the river, creating a gradient of sloping planes that interface with the rising and falling of the tides. Project design designed by Ken Smith Workshop and SHoP Architects and commissioned by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC),