NoMad Walk
New York City
The birthplace of American popular music. A new iconic destination for New York City.
Concept development, place strategy, city stakeholder management and visioning process with Dutton Architects.
A historic part of New York City’s Broadway Ave and West 28th Street are reimagined as a vibrant pedestrian corridor by Dutton Architects. NoMad Walk will be a series of public spaces in the NoMad district of New York. Located in the heart of Manhattan. It will serve as a much-needed green space in an otherwise dense area of the City and preserving the rich and significant cultural heritage of the surrounding neighborhood, which includes the legendary Tin Pan Alley, the birthplace of the American popular song.
Walking the keys
A series of parallel benches emerge from the sidewalk in a sequence that mimics the black keys of a keyboard. They continue on either side of Broadway (NoMad Walk), the intersection to be marked by a public sculpture.
Celebrating music
The new Tin Pan Alley park with public spaces and an interactive design highlights the contributions of this street to American culture. Scores from famous songs are etched in the concrete, and hidden speakers stream clips of the songs. Fanciful benches and planters emerge from a keyboard-like pattern along the sidewalk.
