New York’s Office of General Services (OGS) plans to spend $25 million to improve Empire State Plaza, a 98-acre complex of state government buildings in Albany, with the aim of creating a more active and accessible civic space.
Detailed in a report prepared for OGS by architecture and design studio WXY, the plan draws on input from over 2,000 participants and envisions major enhancements to the complex, including green space, improved wayfinding and navigation, upgrades to the visitor experience in the Concourse and the Plaza, and improvements to the Swan Street and Madison Avenue gateways to the Plaza…