The East River Blueway Plan is a community-based waterfront initiative on Manhattan’s East River waterfront between the Brooklyn Bridge and East 38th Street.

Urban Design for the East Side

Claire Weisz

Founding principal – WXY architecture + urban design

Lead consultant for the East River Blueway Plan

WXY architecture + urban design is a multi-disciplinary practice specializing in the realization of innovative planning, urban design, and architectural solutions in challenging urban contexts. WXY’s work is about social and environmental transformation that responds to the opportunities and limitations of the specific context. Deeply rooted in community engagement, the firm’s commissions are in collaboration with community-based, public authority, and private clients.