The post-industrial waterfronts of New York City continue to undergo a dramatic transformation that is resulting in the creation of extensive new public open spaces. Located in Long Island City Queens, Hunters Point Park is another example of this transformation of abandoned post-industrial waterfront land to public open space use.

Opened in 2007 the Olympic Sculpture Park consists of a 3.6 hectare outdoor sculpture museum connected to the waterfront. Operated by the Seattle Art Museum, the Park provides free admission to visitors.  

Formerly occupied by the oil and gas corporation Unocal until the 1970s the site was a contaminated brownfield until the Seattle Art Museum proposed to transform the area into a new green spaces in Downtown Seattle.

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Creation of a new harbor edge is, in my opinion, the most significant outcome of the Barangaroo Headland project.  The stepped sandstone blocks, which have been quarried from the site, establish a relationship between water and foreshore that is fundamentally different to the vertical sea walls that typically form the urban edge of Sydney Harbour.

Exhibition by Jonathan Jones, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney,

The 32nd Kaldor Public Art Project named barrangal dyara (skin and bones) was created by Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones and presented a vast sculptural installation that stretched across 2 hectares of the Royal Botanic Garden in Oct 2016.  

Blenheim Palace is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Oxfordshire, UK. It is set within 800 hectares of parklands that were designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’ and took 11 years to complete.