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Waterfront park with playground, walking paths, nearby residential buildings, and a pier extending into water under a clear blue sky.
 
 

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Shorefront Park: Building a Resilient Living Shoreline

Inside the precedent-setting coastal resiliency project.

APRIL 2026

When Shorefront Park’s aging bulkhead began to fail, the community faced ongoing erosion, storm damage, and habitat loss. VHB partnered with local leaders to reimagine the shoreline—replacing hard infrastructure with New York’s largest permitted living shoreline. 

This three-part video series reveals the challenge, the engineering behind the solution, and how resilient design is now protecting the park, restoring habitat, and creating a shoreline built to thrive for generations.

 

 

 

 

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