Human-Centered Design Project Proposal

The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway

Gaining interest in Brooklyn’s historic waterfront has sparked the goal of bringing the residents of nearby neighborhoods closer to it. The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway plan aims to match the ideals once achieved by Olmstead in the nineteenth century when he designed Prospect Park and the country’s first Parkway. Existing documentation about the project is detailed and outlines existing conditions, planning principles, design objectives and funding issues. In fact, the plan for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway closely mirrors the objectives and concerns surrounding our upcoming Azuero Earth Project project in Panama. We believe that studying this waterfront project, an endeavor occurring right here at home, will prime us for Panama. Studying a project so close to us, in an area with which are already familiar, will allow us to enter Panama with an acuteness that can only save precious time and help to avoid missed opportunities. We look forward to such an undertaking, and we are confident that we are proceeding in a manner that will reward us with valuable experience that will make a positive and lasting impression on the Azuero Earth Project.