Since moving to Kingston, NY, I have always been interested in a parking lot located in the center of Kingston’s Historic Stockade District. This area was settled in 1684 by the Dutch as a community to farm the lower plains and conduct business with the indigenous people.

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The Stockade is on an elevated plateau overlooking the Esopus Creek. This particular parking lot spanned the 28’ drop from the Stockade plateau to the farm fields surrounding the creek.

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We saw an amazing opportunity to create a park with retail spaces, a hotel and apartments while hiding the parking, mechanicals and storage on the lower level with access to a major thoroughfare.

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It was a win-win to maintain the historic nature of the Stockade District, and allow traffic to flow freely.