Vision 2020 Waterfront Plan Earns Planning Excellence Award

Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, won the Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan from the American Planning Association.

Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island, opened in fall 2011, offers a view of Midtown Manhattan as sail boats glide down the East River. Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK—Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, won the Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan from the American Planning Association. The association presents planning awards annually during a luncheon.

“The city has been making great strides in connecting New Yorkers with the water’s edge over the past several decades,” states the association’s website. “Vision 2020 expands upon previous efforts to provide site-specific strategies to improve the waterfront in all five boroughs.”