Something about this seems so 2006! A first-time developer (but former lawyer for The Donald) is proposing building two tall residential towers, annexing streets and building piers as part of a 890,000-square-foot, Cesar Pelli-designed project on India Street near the East River in Greenpoint; the waterfront portion would also include sand dunes and wetlands. Countless approvals would be needed at the city and community level for this thing to happen, but the concept did get a warm reception from one not easily taken in by developers’ visions of grandeur: It’s a beautiful project with a hard sell, said Ward Dennis, chair of local Community Board 1′s land-use committee. What the community needs to decide is where that balance is between density and open space and affordable housing. And really, that’s what all of these projects come down to. Waddya think? Crazy or just so crazy it might work?
Greenpoint Rising [Architect's Newspaper]
Introducing the Latest Crazy Greenpoint Waterfront Plan [Curbed]