The Audubon Nature Institute has named its new downtown riverfront park, currently under construction on the site of the former Esplanade Avenue and Gov. Nicholls Street wharves, Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park, following a donation last fall from the Goldring Family Foundation.
Woldenberg Park next to the Audubon Aquarium, which will connect by a walking path to the new downriver park, has also been renamed Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park.
“The entire riverfront carries the name Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park, honoring the lasting impact of the Goldring Family and the Woldenberg Foundations, whose support has been instrumental in transforming the downtown New Orleans riverfront into a destination of public green spaces and cultural attractions,” Audubon said in a recent statement.
The size of the donation was not disclosed…