CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The park officially opened on May 21, 2021."
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- May 21, 202190% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Little Island Opens on the Hudson River
Little Island, a 2.4-acre park raised on sculpted concrete piles over the Hudson River, opened to the public at the site of Manhattan’s former Pier 54.
- Little Island, a 2.4-acre park on the Hudson River near West 13th Street, opened on May 21, 2021[2]
- Designed by Heatherwick Studio and commissioned by Barry Diller; it sits on 132 pot-shaped "tulips" (15 to 62 ft above the waterline) on concrete pilings, engineered against a 500-year flood[2]
- It has a 687-seat amphitheater and capacity of 1,000, with over 350 plant species, 114 trees and 66,000 bulbs at opening[2]
- Plans began in 2014 as Pier 55; City Club of New York lawsuits and cost overruns led to the project being scrapped in September 2017, then revived when Gov. Cuomo agreed to fund it; construction began April 2018[2]
- It ultimately cost $260 million; the lease requires at least 51 percent of tickets to be under $30[2]
Cost $260M
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=3bUMJxbpfJgyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts May 21, 2021 ✓· 50% of score
Happened as dated, per the source: "The park officially opened on May 21, 2021."
- [2]78%Little Island at Pier 55 – Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 50% of score
- [3]74%Barry Diller's $260 Million 'Little Island' Opens Today in NYCbloomberg.com· Published May 20, 2021· 0% of score
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