Green Outlook at Riverside Park
The new facility is designed into the Riverside Park hillside and shaped to follow the contours of the landscape.
Located to the south of the historic clay tennis courts, the design will restore planted landscape in place of an abandoned parking lot.
The pavilion's low profile minimizes the impact of views to the Hudson river.
For over 25 years, the Riverside Clay Tennis Association (RCTA) has maintained 10 world-class clay tennis courts in Riverside Park largely through volunteer work and fundraising. The Riverside Park Fund and the RCTA have launched a capital campaign to transform an abandoned parking lot south of the courts into a landscaped Hudson River overlook with a wildflower meadow, a sustainable park maintenance building, and a carbon-neutral public restroom using compost toilet technologies, green roofs, solar energy, rainwater collection, and recycled materials. This net-zero sustainable complex will address the environmental, practical and cultural needs of both the RCTA and surrounding area.
