Project by Jianing Tang（Cecily）, Gracia Caroline Ignatius, Vera Sofia Leon, Yangjing Cheng
For decades, the Metedeconk River has been treated as a forgotten backyard—polluted in Lakewood, privatized in Brick, and overburdened by commercial infrastructure and flood vulnerability in Point Pleasant—fracturing ecological systems and social ties. This project proposes a fundamental reorientation, transforming the river into a shared public front door. Guided by principles of living waters, inclusive access, connective infrastructure, and place-based resilience, we dissolve hard boundaries between town and river, democratize the waterfront, and weave blue, green, and gray mobility networks. New mixed-income centers anchor growth, address housing and climate risk, and reconnect communities to their greatest natural asset.
