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Downtown St. Petersburg’s Williams Park is in store for long-overdue revitalization, and the group leading those efforts has enlisted the help of a renowned urban redevelopment expert.
Dan Biederman received national acclaim in the early 1990s for transforming one of New York City’s seediest parks into a celebrated amenity. Time magazine called his renovation of Bryant Park a “small miracle.”
The public space management consultant has recently set his sights on Williams Park. Biederman is familiar with the area and believes it “is clear” that St. Petersburg is heading “in a great direction.”
“I love to go into a situation where you don’t have to raise massive amounts of capital to redo fundamental design flaws,” Biederman told the Catalyst. “I never thought the problem with Bryant Park was the design, and I would say the same thing for Williams Park.”
A reborn Williams Park Partnership recently received $800,000 in state funding to increase activity, safety and the vibrancy of St. Petersburg’s first designated green space. The St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership believed Biederman’s expertise could propel the project.
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