Courtesy CHURTICHAGA + QUADRA-SALCEDO
An installation, entitled Magic Carpet, by Josemaria de Churtichaga of Spanish architecture firm,
Currently, the ground floor is home to a spattering of pop-up shops, such as Takumi Tacos and Soludos, housed in containers and an old school bus. YWA plans on a complete overhaul of the pier with the help of Handel Architects and LOT-EK, which will include a rooftop park and a 425,000-square-foot marketplace built from containers for retail, restaurants, and cultural programming. The pier is expected to be fully open by 2015.