Blue Sky on Canal Street

New York asked four architects to come up with ideas for the odd-shaped block at Canal and Varick Streets, recently cleared by owner Trinity Real Estate (to be used as a sculpture park until long-term plans are made). The magazine "required only that the result include a residential component and that it more or less meet zoning requirements."


[Top: Work AC's "Locavore Fantasia"; Left: at architects' "Site-Specific Sculpture"; Right: Karl Fischer Architecture's "Realistic Proposal"; Bottom: FLAnk's "Subsidized Solution"]