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She Built an Island of Green in a Concrete Desert

For landscape architect Celine Armstrong, it represents more than a decade of work and a lifetime of passion.

By Christina Ray Stanton / 10.19.2022

About halfway between Chelsea and the West Village sits New York City’s newest park.

On May 21, 2021, in the midst of the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic, a new park opened in New York City. Little Island is unlike any other green space in the city: It’s suspended over the Hudson River like, well, a little island. Visitors hugged each other as they entered the park, recognizing the momentous occasion of an addition to the Manhattan coastline. And it also provided a relati

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“I have such a passion for nature, and I knew that this opportunity not only brought that love to fruition, but even more importantly, it was a chance to connect others to nature,” she said. “That is so important.”

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Issue

She Built an Island of Green in a Concrete Desert

By Christina Ray Stanton / 10.19.2022

The rest is in the pages of Common Good.

“I have such a passion for nature, and I knew that this opportunity not only brought that love to fruition, but even more importantly, it was a chance to connect others to nature,” she said. “That is so important.”

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This story is from Common Good issue 09.

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