Albert Capsouto Park

It is located just east of the Holland Tunnel exit plaza, formerly known as St. John's Park.

[3] In the following weeks members of the public placed flowers, cards and letters at the site, as it was one of the closest points to the former World Trade Center which was accessible.

[3] The original name, CaVaLa, referred to the streets surrounding the park ("Canal-Varick-Laight"), and was described by one nearby resident as "kitschy".

[1][2] A few months after it opened, a movement was started to rename the park after Tribeca restaurateur and community activist Albert Capsouto[4][5] who had recently died.

[6] Capsouto had been a member of CB1 for twenty years before his death, and was frequently seen riding his bicycle around Tribeca.