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There will be more seating areas and trees planted. A new bus lane would be added in to the area. There will be bike racks scattered around the area. Since there are a lot of people commuting to this area, there are also a lot of students and local residents, the city is adding in benches and tables for pedestrians to sit. The sidewalks have been expanded and is being turned into a pedestrian plaza. The proposed design includes adding 64 new trees and 113 new bike racks. In the Cooper Triangle, they will be adding a "Cooper Walk" where it's a path lined with trees and benches.

With the already existing pine oak trees, the proposed design for the reconstruction of Astor Place and Cooper Square is adding in more different types of trees such as Willow Oak, Sawtooth Oak, and Black Gum trees, as well as adding in many different plants and flowers such as foamflower, Aster, Geranium, etc. Infiltration planters are also being added.

Cooper Square along with Cooper Triangle and Astor Place will be adding in more seating areas. This area is particularly busy with many students, workers, and pedestrians. There will graphite seating blocks, zipper benches, and river benches (only in Cooper Park).There will also be a water fountain installed. There will be NYC bike racks all along the site.

In Cooper Square there is a monument for Peter Cooper, who is the founder of Cooper Union. Cooper was a very successful business man. He had less than a year of formal schooling but went on to become an inventor and philanthropist. He used his wealth and to make sure immigrants and children had access to education. He believed that education should be free and that is when he made the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Arts. An alumni of the school, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, was commissioned to make this monument for Peter Cooper after his death in 1883. The monument was completed and put up in 1897. Before it was called Cooper Park, it was referred to as Stuyvesant Square and then Fourth Avenue Park. Cooper Square was officially open for everyone to enjoy and had added benches in 1999. Also located in front of the monument is the Cooper Union Library and the Great Hall at Cooper Square.