Brooklyn Bridge Park Plans Doomed?
The DEC is calling the current iteration of Brooklyn Bridge Park plans unacceptable, according to an article in today’s Post, which is almost certainly going to mean further delays for the two-decades-in-the-making project and send its budget soaring. The DEC says the plan, which calls for 12 acres of waterfront being set aside for water…
The DEC is calling the current iteration of Brooklyn Bridge Park plans unacceptable, according to an article in today’s Post, which is almost certainly going to mean further delays for the two-decades-in-the-making project and send its budget soaring. The DEC says the plan, which calls for 12 acres of waterfront being set aside for water sports uses and a marina, may harm marine life and the agency won’t issue a permit for the massive overhaul. Even without a redesign, Brooklyn Bridge Park costs are expected to be at least double the $150 million now budgeted for the project, according to Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. BBP foe Judi Francis says she’s not shocked by the news. “This plan has been bungled for so long that we shouldn’t be surprised that what this park is being promoted as – a park for beginning boaters – is in peril,” said Francis.
B’klyn Row a No-Go [NY Post]
Brooklyn Bridge Park: It’s a Go! [Brownstoner]
Drawing of plans for piers 2 and 3 from BBP Conservancy.
The park is not 85 acres but 62 land acres excluding current buildings – they inflate the size in order to justify housing inside the park. Get rid of these costly and marine-life-harming wave attenuators and get back to creating a park for people not a back-drop for private real estate developers. Get rid of the architects and supporters of this stupid plan who are willing to “experiment” with Brooklyn’s open space by selling off precious waterfront land to the lowest real estate bidder. The park plan that the communities wanted -with things to do on the water including active and passive recreation, all throughout the year.
The park is not 85 acres but 62 land acres excluding current buildings – they inflate the size in order to justify housing inside the park. Get rid of these costly and marine-life-harming wave attenuators and get back to creating a park for people not a back-drop for private real estate developers. Get rid of the architects and supporters of this stupid plan who are willing to “experiment” with Brooklyn’s open space by selling off precious waterfront land to the lowest real estate bidder. The park plan that the communities wanted -with things to do on the water including active and passive recreation, all throughout the year.
The facts are these:There are only 62 land acres once you take away the existing building. The park planners have inflated the park size to 85 acres, by closing in the water between the piers. Closing in the waters with wave attenuators – which are expensive to build, to maintain, and they are plain silly. They also do harm the environment by changing the composition and activity of the water and thus the marine life. Even if you are not interested in the water wildlife you have to ask yourself why the park planners are putting these things in, in the first place? Why? So they can artificially inflate the “size” of the park in order to justify HOUSING! Not too complicated. They want to build HOUSING on the site and the rules say they can only do so if there is a bigger park foot print. Mmmm. nasty business, this. I say let’s get back to planning a PARK and not fake wetlands and fake tidal pools with wave attenuators! And get rid of those stupid and dangerous highrise luxury towers, too. That is a really really really bad idea for parks.
Of course, of course…but we were talking about my poonanner.
–Montrose Morris
Of course, of course…but we were talking about my poonanner.
–Montrose Morris
Hey 8:41, the 19th Centuy is way over. If you are very wealthy, like Martha Stewart, you can reconstruct a replica at great cost of what rich people used to enjoy way back when. Today, most of us just want to enjoy the present, and savor the wonders that our own times offer us.
Fuck Olmsted! lets have something we can really use. Liberate Brooklyn Bridge Park! Make it something we can drive to and park at and enjoy and then drive home. Fuck the elite and their fantasies of ladies in hoop skirts and men on horseback.
“This would be a MODERN IDEA. Let’s stop trying to imitate OLMSTED & VAUX. They did their thing 150 years ago, we should do our thing today. PLEASE!!!”
Yes, let’s build something that will last (at least 10 years). Let’s cut corners in order to protect our bottom line! Get with the program, people! It’s the 21st century up in here!
My poonanner is one malodorous cavity!
–Montrose Morris
I vote for an ample municipal parking lot with tennis bubbles and other recreational amenities on top. Sell the central portion to private developers who need to set aside a public waterfront esplanade all the way to Fulton St. Developers can build fancy waterfront homes (2 to 3 stories) with private docks. it would be pretty to look at, you could walk on the new esplanade on nice days, the state would make money, the community would get desperately needed parking as well as tennis courts and other amenities (driving range, fitness center whatever). This would be a MODERN IDEA.
Let’s stop trying to imitate OLMSTED & VAUX.
They did their thing 150 years ago, we should do our thing today. PLEASE!!!