After leading intensive discussions with community groups and NYC Parks & Recreation, the firm developed a comprehensive master plan for the reconstruction, restoration and rehabilitation of 25-acre Morningside Park.  The plan achieves a balance between the recreational needs of community residents and the desire of the city and local interest groups to restore the park to its original 1887 design by Olmsted and Vaux.  The first phase of the project, completed in 1988, focused on the south end of the park.  The work included a new pond and dramatic waterfall at the rock outcrop where, in 1968, Columbia University abandoned construction of a large gymnasium, leaving a gaping pit in the ground.  Also included were a large lawn area with two softball fields and a renovated field house, as well as renovation of the seriously deteriorated landscape and reconstruction of the park's walkways at the southern portion of the park.    In 2000 the Friends’ of Morningside Park commissioned the firm to update the Master Plan to guide future restoration efforts and provide the renovations needed for the park to serve new generations of families and children. The new plan proposes comprehensive improvements and renovation of the park beginning at the northern section.  The work will focus on stabilizing severely eroded and overgrown slopes, bringing back the distant vistas from the park to the city and beyond, and the rehabilitation of inadequate drainage and water supply systems.  Throughout the park paths and steps will refurbished, and walls, paved areas, park furnishings will be renovated or replaced.