Economic Feasibility Study, Proposed Recreational Facility at Miller Field, Gateway National Recreation Area, Staten Island, New York
National Park Service Denver Service Center Branch of Concessions Management Professional Support Division. 1981. Economic Feasibility Study, Proposed Recreational Facility at Miller Field, Gateway National Recreation Area, Staten Island, New York. US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center. Denver, CO
The North Atlantic Regional Director, on March 19, 1981, requested the Denver Service Center (DSC), Professional Support Division, Branch of Concessions Management to identify appropriate types of service, cost of improvements, and economic feasibility of various recreational services in the hangar building at Miller Field, Staten Island Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area. Miller Field, a former Army air base, is now the site of the Staten Island Unit headquarters and the recreational hub of the surrounding communities. Development occurs roughly in three areas. On a contiguous tract of land in the northwest corner of the field is the nearly completed New Dorp High School (scheduled to open in the fall 1981), excluded from Gateway in the initial legislation. The southern portion of the field contains the large, old, recently stabilized airplane hangar and a concrete apron used as a parking lot. An intensively developed and extremely popular area of playing fields and courts lies between the hangar and the nearly completed high school. On the eastern edge, several single-family dwellings and a four-family apartment building provide housing for National Park Service (NPS) personnel. A recently renovated military infirmary serves as offices for the unit's administrative and maintenance staffs. The hangar at Miller Field, although heavily vandalized, is a prime example of a post-World War I military aircraft support facility and, therefore, a significant cultural resource. Work on the hangar has corrected many unsafe conditions and stabilized the structure. Miller Field has been proposed for nomination to the National Register as a historic district. The structure will need substantial rehabilitation work to adapt the interior space for recreational purposes. If it is determined that it is cost-effective to rehabilitate the hangar, care will be taken to preserve the external facade and appearance of the hangar.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service Denver Service Center Branch of Concessions Management Professional Support Division
- Date of Issue
- 1981-12
- Publisher
- US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center
- Units
- GATE , NER
- Keywords
- Management, Miller Field (NY), Planning, Recreation, Staten Island (NY), Use