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In the 1980s Donald Trump owned the of land just south of Riverside Park that had been the Penn Central freight rail yard.

Inspired ( or goaded ) by six civic groups ( Municipal Art Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, New Yorkers for Parks, Regional Plan Association, Riverside Park Fund, and Westpride ), which all opposed his massive development plan, Trump agreed in 1990 to a scaled-down plan that would also expand Riverside Park by.

This new Riverside Park South, stretching between 72nd and 59th streets, is the central element of the Riverside South development, which even down-scaled is the biggest private real estate venture currently under construction in New York City.

Portions of the former rail yard, such as the New York Central Railroad 69th Street Transfer Bridge are incorporated into the new park.