Last time we checked in on Jane’s Carousel in Dumbo, glass on the Jean Nouvel-designed pavilion was starting to show, and now Brooklyn Heights Press has photographic evidence that the carousel itself has made an appearance on the waterfront. No sign yet of the 48 “exquisitely carved horses,” though. The carousel was supposed to open to the public sometime this month, but it sounds like the unveiling has been pushed back to the fall.
Jane’s Carousel — Sans Horses — In ‘Nouvel’ Home [Brooklyn Heights Press]
Jane’s Carousel Getting Glassy [Brownstoner]
Photo by Zach Campbell from Brooklyn Heights Press


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  1. Many folks hate Walentas, it is a constant refrain in the neighborhood and in the one up the hill too. My favorite was when the locals were up in arms when he was paying for a new children’s playground. My other favorite was Brooklyn Heights people being against the new middle school in DUMBO because their children would have to cross a dangerous intersection to get there. Of course DUMBO children would have to cross that same intersection in the other direction to get to a school in the Heights, but that was besides the point.

  2. Ruining the view for who??? Just walk 30′ to the north or south and you got your view back.
    If this was 1991 and this small sliver was the only park down there, you ‘might’ have a critisim. But the river front park now extends (more or less) from Atlantic Avenue to the Manhattan Bridge — there is more than enough “views”, such that a unique amenity is worth losing a few feet of “views”

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