New York Precendents

New York has done significant redevelopment along its waterfront.

Check out Hudson River Park:

http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/construction/index.asp

Brooklyn Bridge Park:

http://www.brooklynbridgeparknyc.org/

East River Eco Pier:

http://greatecology.com/projects/east-river-waterfront-eco-park-design/

East River Piers:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/erw/erw_5_pier_projects.pdf

Chelsea Piers: (not great design, but good program ideas)

http://www.chelseapiers.com/company/history/

Pier 40 (LGBT Youth Center, another interesting program idea):

http://www.fiercenyc.org/media/docs/2889_Pier40Proposal.pdf

Pier 57 (design is not that good, but it reuses shipping containers, which is interesting):

http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/lot-ek_selected_to_design_new_york_citys_pier_57/

Not related to piers, but lots of cool info about New York, sustainability, etc is the Fresh Kills Blog:

http://freshkillspark.wordpress.com/

and completely unrelated to New York, is this craziness in Miami:

http://www.archdaily.com/106439/miami-pier-museum-of-latin-american-immigrants-maciej-zawadzki/