Little Island is a free park located on an artificial island on the Hudson River near the site of the damaged Pier 54. Funded by the Diller-Von Furstenberg Foundation and designed by Heatherwick Studio & Signe Nielsen of MNLA, it opened to the public in May 2021. It was then giften to the City of New York - and we sure love this gift! We have been here so many times that we have chosen it as the first design of our Mini Walks series. The island is a treasure trove of textures where the natural world intersect the built environment in beautiful and unexpected ways. We hope you'll soon get to experience it yourself.