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Thomas Balsley And Frank Ottomanelli James Edstrom With Police Captain Hameed Armani (NYPD 108th Precinct) Brent O'Leary With Ebony Young (Deputy Queens Borough President) Frank Ottomanelli hosted a celebration at his cafe F. Ottomanelli By The Water in Hunters Point South Park for winning Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2025 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence including Hunter’s Point South Park on the east river which was voted best urban park.    Hunter’s Point South was much like the rest of New York City’s original coastline: swampy marshland. The site became home to a landfill, a concrete plant, The Daily News printing facility, and a railroad transfer site. And who can forget the famous Pepsi Plant with the giant billboard right on the east river (which is still there).   Kristen Gonzalez (District 59 Senator) with Claire Valdez (District 37 Assembly Member) Hunters Ponit Parks Conservancy President Rob Basch with Barbara Etzel  Among the VIP's attending the ...

   From left to right: Stephanie Pankiewicz - ULI Jury Committee, Tom Balsley - Design Principal -    swa/Balsley, Rob Basch - President Hunters Point Parks Conservancy, Ebony Young - Deputy Queens Borough President, Frank Ottomanelli - Owner, Frank Ottomanelli's By The Water, Len Greco - Senior Vice President EDC, Mark Focht - Deputy Commissioner NYC Parks, Kevin Parris - Director NYC Housing, Preservation and Development In Hunters Point South Park East River New York City     WASHINGTON   – Ten developments from across North America have been selected as winners of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2025 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence including Hunter’s Point South Park.   ULI began the Awards for Excellence program in 1979 to recognize superior development efforts in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Winning projects represent the highest standards of achievement in the land use profession and encompass a wide range of l...