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词条 Gantry Plaza State Park
释义

  1. History

  2. Facilities

  3. In popular culture

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox park
| name = Gantry Plaza State Park
| photo = File:GantryPlazaStatePark.jpg
| photo_width = 300px
| photo_caption = Transfer bridges, support gantries, and piers in the park
| map = New York City
| map_caption = Location in New York City
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| type = State park
| location = Hunters Point, Queens,
New York City, United States
| nearest_city =
| area = {{convert|12|acre|ha}}[1]
| created = May 1998
| operator = New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
| visitation_num = 905,450
| visitation_year = 2014
| visitation_ref = [2]
| status =
| designation =
| open =
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Gantry Plaza State Park is a {{convert|12|acre|ha|adj=on}} state park[1] on the East River in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, in the New York City borough of Queens. The park is located in a former dockyard and manufacturing district, and includes remnants of facilities from the area's past. The most prominent feature of the park is a collection of gantries with car float transfer bridges, which in turn were served by barges that carried freight railcars between Queens and Manhattan.

History

The southern portion of the park is a former dock facility and includes restored "contained apron" transfer bridges of the James B. French patent.[3] These were built in 1925 to load and unload rail car floats that served industries on Long Island via the Long Island Rail Road's North Shore Freight Branch, which used to run on the south side of 48th Avenue (now part of Hunter's Point Park). The northern portion of Gantry Plaza State Park was part of a former Pepsi bottling plant that closed in 1999.[4][5] The freight branch was located below street level, and it was infilled in the early 2000s.[6]

In 1936, the Artkraft Strauss Sign Corporation erected a {{convert|120|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}}, {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} cursive, ruby-colored, neon-on-metal Pepsi-Cola sign. It was located on top of the bottling plant before it was dismantled and reassembled into a permanent location within the park in 2009.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

The park first opened in May 1998 and was expanded in July 2009.[13] The park is being developed in stages by the Queens West Development Corporation. The original section of Gantry Plaza State Park was designed by Thomas Balsley with Lee Weintraub, both New York City landscape architects, and Richard Sullivan, an architect. Stage 2, the new {{convert|6|acre|ha|spell=in|adj=on}} section of the park, was designed by New York City landscape architecture firm Abel Bainnson Butz and the first phase of Stage 2 opened to the public in July 2009. When complete, Gantry Plaza State Park is expected to total {{convert|40|acre|ha}} in size.[14]

The Pepsi-Cola sign was designated a New York City landmark on April 12, 2016.[15].[16]

Facilities

The park offers picnic tables, a playground, playing fields, and a waterfront promenade with a view of United Nations Headquarters and the Midtown Manhattan skyline. Fishing and crabbing is permitted at pier #4, subject to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations.

In popular culture

  • A view of Gantry Plaza State Park is seen at 1:00:09 in the 1969 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang in a Fix.[17]
  • The film Munich took advantage of the park in its final scene, shot in 2005.[18] The pier and the Pepsi-Cola sign to its north are visible in this scene.
  • The same location was used in The Interpreter,[18] in the final scene where Nicole Kidman's character says goodbye to Sean Penn's character, who is sitting on a fence by Gantry Park. The Pepsi-Cola sign at the former bottling plant is visible in the scene as well.

See also

  • James Slip Ferry
  • List of New York state parks

References

1. ^1 {{cite book |title=2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook |url=http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf |publisher=The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government |year=2014 |chapter=Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9 |page=672 |accessdate=2016-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916082616/http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-16 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://data.ny.gov/Recreation/State-Park-Annual-Attendance-Figures-by-Facility-B/8f3n-xj78 |title=State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003 |website=Data.ny.gov |accessdate=2016-02-13}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=01778667&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect2%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526d%3DPALL%2526S1%3D1778667.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F1778667%2526RS%3DPN%2F1778667&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page |title=J.B. French Transfer or Float Bridge (Patent US001778667) |publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office |date=October 14, 1930 |accessdate=2016-11-10}}
4. ^{{cite news|last=Costella |first=AnnMarie |title=Gantry Plaza Park Gains Six Acres |newspaper=Queens Chronicle |date=July 9, 2009 |url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20342969&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574903 |accessdate=2009-07-12 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. ^{{cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |title=On Waterfronts of the Present, Rail-Bridge Relics of the Past |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 7, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/realestate/07scap.html |accessdate=2009-07-12}}
6. ^{{cite web | title=GANTRY FANCIERS in Long Island City | website=Forgotten New York | url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2011/02/gantry-fanciers-in-long-island-city/ | access-date=November 29, 2018}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/nyregion/pepsi-cola-sign-in-queens-gains-landmark-status.html|title=Pepsi-Cola Sign in Queens Gains Landmark Status|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=April 12, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-11-10}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/18/nyregion/landmarks-panel-to-study-stable-and-pepsi-cola-sign.html|title=Landmarks Panel to Study Stable and Pepsi-Cola Sign|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=April 18, 1988|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2010-05-30}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/05/nyregion/neighborhood-report-long-island-city-pepsi-too-has-a-classic-and-it-will-stay-on.html|title=Pepsi, Too, Has a Classic, and It Will Stay On|last=Lippincott|first=E.E.|date=November 5, 2000|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2010-05-30}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/what-happened-to-the-queens-pepsi-sign/|title=What Happened to the Queens Pepsi Sign|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=December 10, 2008|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2010-05-30}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/letter-by-letter-pepsi-rejoins-skyline/|title=Letter by Letter, Pepsi Rejoins Skyline|last=Blumenthal|first=Ralph|date=February 25, 2009|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2010-05-30}}
12. ^{{cite book|last1=Kadinsky|first1=Sergey|title=Hidden Waters of New York City: A History and Guide to 101 Forgotten Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, and Streams in the Five Boroughs|date=2016|publisher=The Countryman Press}}
13. ^{{cite web | last=Polsky | first=Sara | title=Exploring the Second Stage of Queens' Gantry Plaza State Park | website=Curbed NY | date=October 19, 2012 | url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/10/19/10315702/exploring-the-second-stage-of-queens-gantry-plaza-state-park | access-date=November 14, 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gantrypark.com/About/tabid/607/Default.aspx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627030331/http://www.gantrypark.com/About/tabid/607/Default.aspx |archivedate=June 27, 2015 |title=Gantry Plaza State Park - About the Park |website=GantryPlazaStatePark.com |date=2012 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}
15. ^Engelbert, Corinne (April 12, 2016) "Pepsi-Cola Sign Designation Report" New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
16. ^{{cite web | title=Pepsi-Cola Sign in Queens Gains Landmark Status | website=The New York Times | date=April 13, 2016 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/nyregion/pepsi-cola-sign-in-queens-gains-landmark-status.html | access-date=November 10, 2018}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.olsenbande-homepage.de/index3.html|title=Film 2 Olsenbanden på spanden Die Olsenbande in der Klemme|last=|first=|date=|website=olsenbande-homepage.de|language=German|accessdate=2014-05-29}}
18. ^1 {{cite news |title=The Reel Queens: Queens Locations Appeared on Screen More This Decade |first=Nathan |last=Duke |url=http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2010/01/04/queens_village_times/movies/queens_village_times_moviessruwzbt01042010.txt |newspaper=Queens Village Times |date=January 4, 2010 |accessdate=2010-05-30}}

External links

{{Commons category}}
  • New York State Parks: Gantry Plaza State Park
  • Gantry Plaza State Park
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