Part of what making a waterfront a place to work, is a location to fix boats and ships. The Durst proposal includes that.
New York Water Taxi has brought 120 full time jobs to Red Hook, 185 in the summer. That far more than the cruise ships but NYWT has out grown their current home port.
The Durst proposal does provide for a Marina but not one that is Super Deluxe, still poor folks don't generally buy boats... Other folks have proposed a more lux. Marina. The Durst proposal has the boats kept out of the water (a dry stack marina) and kept a "boat house" heated and cooled year round by a geo-thermal well.
The other part of the proposal is that it creates views of the water front from the nearby community.
It also has a beach much like Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City; connected to the boat house, the food service area for the beach would take advantage of the green heating and cooling and offer green catering.
I managed the WTB in LIC for the last four years. These comments are my own.
Part of what making a waterfront a place to work, is a location to fix boats and ships. The Durst proposal includes that.
New York Water Taxi has brought 120 full time jobs to Red Hook, 185 in the summer. That far more than the cruise ships but NYWT has out grown their current home port.
The Durst proposal does provide for a Marina but not one that is Super Deluxe, still poor folks don't generally buy boats... Other folks have proposed a more lux. Marina. The Durst proposal has the boats kept out of the water (a dry stack marina) and kept a "boat house" heated and cooled year round by a geo-thermal well.
The other part of the proposal is that it creates views of the water front from the nearby community.
It also has a beach much like Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City; connected to the boat house, the food service area for the beach would take advantage of the green heating and cooling and offer green catering.
I managed the WTB in LIC for the last four years. These comments are my own.
Posted by: hhawk at November 25, 2008 8:21 AM in response to Red Hook Pier Is for Shipping, Not Shopping