US architecture firm wHY has developed a proposal for oscillating bicycle and pedestrian pathways along the Manhattan side of the East River.

wHY's landscape and urban design arm Grounds developed the scheme in response to a request for proposal from non-profit organisation New York City Economic Development Corporation, as part of a wider mission to connect the city's 32 miles of coastline.
This particular call asked entrants to find ways to link pedestrian and cycle routes along the Franklin D Roosevelt Drive, between 53rd and 61st Streets. This section runs parallel to Roosevelt Island, a narrow strip of land between Upper Manhattan and Long Island City, with views to the Cornell Tech Campus, Four Freedoms Park and the Queensborough Bridge.
Taking cues from Japanese zig-zag bridges, which are shaped to face different views, wHY's East Midtown Greenway would oscillate up and down so that the peaks would provide vistas to the different features across the water.
The greenway would be separated into a route for cyclists and runners, and another for pedestrians and planting, and would undulate to different heights to suit the different modes of transport.

"We need imaginative responses to public space in cities across America, and New York is no exception," said wHY Grounds director Mark Thomann.
"Connecting to the bodies of water surrounding us and enhancing our relationship to the East River is critical to our reality now and our future of resilience, cu...