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A bold effort in inclusive design, Marsha P Johnson State Park is a perennial-rich environment that celebrates an LGBTQ+ leader of color, captures stormwater, and welcomes all people to the Brooklyn shore.
Marsha P. Johnson State Park (formerly and also known as East River State Park) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) state park [2] in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. The park stretches along the East River near North 7th, 8th, and 9th Streets, with views of the Williamsburg Bridge and Midtown Manhattan .
28 paź 2022 · A subtle shift has taken place in the park at the end of North 7th Street in Brooklyn, New York’s Williamsburg neighborhood. Recently renamed for the late Black trans LGBTQ+ civil rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, the redesigned park has retained the relatively ad hoc feeling of its previous iteration as East River State Park. It still has ...
The seven-acre park was opened in 2007 as the East River State Park and was renamed Marsha P. Johnson State Park on August 24, 2020, in memory of Black trans activist Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992), on what would have been her 75th birthday.
28 sie 2023 · Visitors to Marsha P. Johnson Park in Brooklyn will now be greeted with a colorful floral archway in honor of the late transgender activist. Officials unveiled the decorative gateway last...
Starr Whitehouse’s success at Marsha P. Johnson State Park demonstrates the merits of public engagement processes leading architectural design. Hannah Feniak Stories
31 sie 2022 · A bold, artful park entrance will soon welcome visitors to Marsha P. Johnson State Park to honor the late transgender activist and to commemorate her spirit and legacy.
