Thomas Balsley was born in 1943 and studied at Syracuse University and then the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
In addition, to his above ground work, NYC MTA selected his bench design for its transit systems.
[3] About Gantry Plaza State Park, former architecture critic of The New York Times Herbert Muschamp wrote, “The evil spell is broken...
The curse that reduced New York’s landscape architects to creating Disney versions of Central Park has been at least temporarily lifted.”[4] Balsley's work can be seen in the United States in the downtown and waterfront parks of major cities like Dallas, Los Angeles, Portland, Detroit, Cleveland, Tampa, and Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
Recently-won international design competitions include the Magok Waterfront and the National Ecological Center in Korea and Kasumigaseki Plaza in Tokyo.