Photos: Whimsical new NYC waterfront park floats over Hudson River

Photos: Whimsical new NYC waterfront park floats over Hudson River From Manhattan’s West Side Highway, the “Little Island” looks like a cluster of giant white flower buds sprouting from the Hudson River. But the 2.4-acre park—conceived and mostly paid for by billionaire Barry Diller through his Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation—is actually an undulating platform of grass, trees, and winding pathways mounted on concrete piles where Pier 54 used to be.. 1 / 7 View Photos in a new improved layout A stairway leads to one of the highest points of Little Island, a new Hudson River Park, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in New York. 4 / 7 View Photos in a new improved layout The Little Island public park on Hudson River Park in Manhattan is seen on May 21, 2021 in New York City. 5 / 7 View Photos in a new improved layout People wait in line to enter the Little Island public park on Hudson River Park in Manhattan on May 21, 2021 in New York City.