The Sturgeons of the Pier 26 Play Area are under construction! OLIN custom-designed the sturgeons in collaboration with award-winning Danish play design experts MONSTRUM once installed, the sturgeons will become signature features of the new 4,000-square-foot marine and science-themed playground at Hudson Rivers Park Pier 26.

The two wood sturgeons, modeled after the endangered Atlantic and Short-nosed species indigenous to the Hudson River Estuary, can be explored from the top, bottom, inside, and out. Visitors will climb the aquatic grass nets designed to mimic reeds and grasses found on the riverbed, slide from the sturgeons’ armor-scaled tails, and even crawl through its digestive systems.

Learn more about the Sturgeons and the Science Play Area here.