Hoboken, New Jersey's skatepark that was a stone's throw from New York City is getting a big, concrete upgrade. This pinged our radar from our friends at Quartersnacks and our world-traveling, native New Yorker homie Leo Heinert:
Leo Heinert
tapinto.net has the 411 on the new conceptual art and "eco features" coming to Hoboken. Give it a once over below:
Hoboken Skatepark
From the site: "The engineering designs of the first phase of Maritime Park, located at the former Union Dry Dock site along Hoboken’s waterfront have been unveiled. The designs include a new skatepark with both street and transition/bowl style features, public plaza inspired by the palisade cliffs, living shoreline, a temporary learning nursery and tree staging area. The designs came following a public planning process which included online surveys, public meetings and a skatepark public engagement session."
The story goes on: "Based on community feedback from an in-person skatepark meeting and over 250 survey respondents—63 percent of whom identified as skateboarders—the skatepark will include features designed for skaters of all skill levels. These features will include a 6-foot half-pipe pocket, a 3- to 4-foot flow bowl, a mini ramp, a 3-foot mini ramp, beginner-friendly ledges, a Euro-gap, a flat rail, a four-stair with handrail, a tech pad, and other amenities. Maritime Park Phase I will also include a living shoreline of natural marshes and tide pools that will be accessed through a step-down feature called the “Hudson Step Down”, allowing for “educational opportunities and additional seating,” the City said in a statement. Shoreline components will include rock sills, and seawalls, as well as wave attenuation structures to minimize the effects of erosion and allow for transitional uplands with native plantings that will restore the biodiversity and ecology of the area."
