Squash could be on the brink of it’s most significant evolution courtesy of New York City-based organisation Public Squash, who are aiming to take the sport where it has never gone before – the urban streets of New York’s parks.

Spearheaded by a trio of NYC-based entrepreneurs alongside America’s top ranked squash player Chris Gordon, Public Squash aims to break down the sport’s elitist barriers by erecting a weather-proof all-glass squash court in Manhattan’s East River Park that would be accessible to the public in what would be watershed moment for the sport.

“Squash is growing across the US and it’s in a renascence period right now,” said Gordon, a PanAm Games silver medal winner.

“At College level the sport is booming but the next step is to take the sport to the masses and make it more accessible for everyone and that’s what Public Squash is all about.”

Public Squash have already secured the backing of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, who have donated the East River Park site to the project, while the non-for-profit foundation have already raised almost $50,000.

Aligned with erecting the all-glass court, which they hope to see completed in early summer 2016, Public Squash’s programme extends further to look at re-purposing some of the neglected 2000-plus handball courts in New York to create even more access to squash – voted the world’s healthiest sport by Forbes Magazine.

“Squash is one of the healthiest sports in the world but it’s one of the most inaccessible sports here in the Unites States and we are determined to change that,” said Public Squash co-founder Ryan Underwood Wall.

“We want to promote healthier societies and accessibility and we’re starting with a flagship all-glass court in Manhattan but we’re also looking at using existing handball courts and transforming unused ones into squash courts.

“With such a mix of cultures and identities in the NYC area, being able to offer squash as an accessible sport would take it to a whole new audience and create something truly unique here in New York.”

Traditionally the preserve of elitist members’ clubs or Ivy League schools, Public Squash founders Alex Wakefield Wessner, Shawn Dragann and Wall are blazing a trail that could change the face of squash forever.

For more information of the project go to: publicsquash.org