Sea Glass

The Carousel at the Battery

Battery Park
STATUS: Design
COMPLETED: 2008
SIZE: Unkown
# COMMENTS: 6

Weisz + Yoes
Local Projects
Battery Conservancy

Articles

Carousel links Battery Park, Coney Island, Rockaways
Metro 02/21/2007

Ferry Will Speed To Coney Island From the Battery
New York Sun 01/11/2007

Aquarium Gone
Time 10/06/1941

Documents

Tiffany & Co. Press Release 06/19/2007
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Announces Grants Totalling $3 Million for the Greening of Lower Manhattan

External Links

http://www.thebattery.org
The Battery Carousel Offical Website

Videos

Carousel Fly-through
Prepared by Local Projects and Weisz + Yoes

Battery Carousel Rendering
Longer Fly-Through

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The Carousel at the Battery is an innovative, aquatic-themed ride for Downtown residents, workers and visitors from around the world.

The Carousel is a unique children-of-all-ages experience. Conceived by the Battery Conservancy with Weisz + Yoes Architects, it enchants through movement, light and music. A ride-the-waves turntable supports 33 poly-resin sea creatures filled with undulating fiber optic lights.

All of one’s senses are engaged and heightened. You are one with the sea. This unforgettable ride combines art, architecture, music and film to create a “fintastic” adventure.

The Carousel recalls the Battery's history as site of the city's first aquarium from 1896 to 1941. A boat is planned to ferry families from the Battery to Coney Island to visit today's New York Aquarium.

The Battery's Aquarium History

The New York Aquarium at the Castle was one of the nation’s earliest public aquariums welcoming 2.5 million visitors annually. Until its closing in 1941, the Aquarium was a vital educational and scientific center. The proposed Carousel will not only entertain visitors, but inspire and educate…