How much of the park is dedicated to the AIDS Memorial?

After successful community advocacy by the AIDS Memorial organization and a grassroots coalition of supporting organizations and neighbors, in March 2012, the NYC Council designated the entrance of the new park on a 1,600 sq. ft. parcel at the park’s most intimate corner, the intersection of West 12th Street and Greenwich Avenue. The memorial architects subsequently created a design to serve as the gateway and primary feature of the new park that would serve not only as a visible landmark, but as a place for people to come to reflect and gather. The memorial steel canopy sculpture, at approximately 18 feet high, can be easily seen from the surrounding neighborhood and will be lit at night. Unlike the rest of the memorial park, the AIDS Memorial area is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The entire surrounding park was officially named the “New York City AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent’s Triangle” by NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver.