Six New York City firms were selected, including BIG, which Saitowitz said had designs of past projects that were "jaw dropping."
On Friday, a five-member panel narrowed down a list of 23 firms and teams competing to design a new $ 50 million Pier to nine semifinalists. They are:
West 8 Urban Design, New York City
Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles
BIG, New York City
James Corner Field Operations, New York City
HOK, Tampa
Frederic Schwartz, New York City
Weiss/Manfredi Architectural/Landscape/Urbanism, NYC
Farshid Moussavi Architecture, London
!melk Urban Design, NYC
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