The WCS has released details of a masterplan to include all 5 parks in the New York area, owned by the WCS.
Highlights include:
A massive Safari Adventure exhibit at the Bronx Zoo, where visitors will be able to experience what it's like to go on an African safari, with the help of a “4-D” theater that will offer movie watchers the added dimension of smells and other sensory elements.
A $100 million initiative to transform the New York Aquarium in Coney Island. The city is paying for roughly $65 million of the cost for the redevelopment, dubbed A Sea Change at the New York Aquarium, which will include a new Ocean Wonders exhibit featuring new shark tanks, a completely new Conservation Hall, a refurbished Aquatheater and a new exterior connecting the aquarium with the ocean.
A new jaguar exhibit at the Queens Zoo, marking the first time the endangered wildcats will be shown in a local park. The zoo hopes to start building it by late spring.
The WCS is also in the design phase of a new 8,000-square-foot Wildlife Ambassadors Center at the Bronx Zoo, where visitors will be able to see the animals up close and even touch them; and a new health care facility to help animals with severe illnesses. The zoo hopes to begin the feasibility study for the safari attraction within the next year.
NY zoos exhibit new plan - Crain's New York Business
Highlights include:
A massive Safari Adventure exhibit at the Bronx Zoo, where visitors will be able to experience what it's like to go on an African safari, with the help of a “4-D” theater that will offer movie watchers the added dimension of smells and other sensory elements.
A $100 million initiative to transform the New York Aquarium in Coney Island. The city is paying for roughly $65 million of the cost for the redevelopment, dubbed A Sea Change at the New York Aquarium, which will include a new Ocean Wonders exhibit featuring new shark tanks, a completely new Conservation Hall, a refurbished Aquatheater and a new exterior connecting the aquarium with the ocean.
A new jaguar exhibit at the Queens Zoo, marking the first time the endangered wildcats will be shown in a local park. The zoo hopes to start building it by late spring.
The WCS is also in the design phase of a new 8,000-square-foot Wildlife Ambassadors Center at the Bronx Zoo, where visitors will be able to see the animals up close and even touch them; and a new health care facility to help animals with severe illnesses. The zoo hopes to begin the feasibility study for the safari attraction within the next year.
NY zoos exhibit new plan - Crain's New York Business
