Brooklyn Bridge Park: It's a Go!
After many years and countless delays, construction on Brooklyn Bridge Park began this week, according to a statement released by BBP Corporation President Regina Myer. Site prep for the first phase of the project—which includes the demolition of five pier shed buildings, the Purchase Building, and a few other buildings—started on Monday. The first phase…
After many years and countless delays, construction on Brooklyn Bridge Park began this week, according to a statement released by BBP Corporation President Regina Myer. Site prep for the first phase of the project—which includes the demolition of five pier shed buildings, the Purchase Building, and a few other buildings—started on Monday. The first phase is expected to last nine months. Update: As of 9:40 this morning, there was no action at the Purchase Building. Anyone have a view of the piers? We’d love a photo…
Brooklyn Bridge Park Construction Begins [NY Sun]
Amidst Lingering Controversy, BBP Construction to Begin [Brownstoner]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Meeting: The Morning After [Brownstoner]
Impact of BQE Reno on Brooklyn Bridge Park Unclear [Brownstoner]
BBP rendering from BrooklynBridgePark.org.
12:21, and winners get to sip champagne on their yachts moored in the park’s marina?
LOL
I agree with 12:34, Lets get on with it.
The governemnt is clearly not up to the task.
(Why is it that the higher the taxes the less the government can actually do?) The private sector needs to be allowed to step in and mop things up and put up new buildings and communities. I wish the dead hand of the state and city governments would release its vice-like grip. How long has Albany been talking and planning and paying for drawings and models for a park on this benighted strip of industrial wasteland? Fifteen years? Twenty years? Enough already. Offer the bureaucrats early retirement and sell the land to private interests.
About time NYC redevelops it waterfront property. Manufacturing and warehousing left here a long time ago and I don’t need relics standing up as a momento. NYC has the most underutilized watrefront property in the world. Let’s get on with it. Coney Island, east side, west side, all of it.
The views from the Promenade of the East anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge will be partly blocked by the new hotel.
There are large abandoned cold storage warehouses where the white footprints are. I think a new hotel is planned for that site.
The new residential buildings are south of this view.
In my opinion, the whole Port Authority site should have been sold to a developer for the construction of housing. The state cannot afford to build a new park here. A nice waterfront promenade that would run north south through the new commnity would be great. That way the area would have life all year round and real money could be raised from the sale of assets rather than from the wallets of already over-taxed NY residents.
It would also provide new housing. It would have been a win-win. The current proposal is a lose-lose. plus its never going to happen.
The first game contested on the soccer pitch should be asshats vs. fucktards. Losers get thrown in the river to be chopped up by criss-crossing “The Beast” sightseeing boats.
85 acres includes the water fwiw. and they count the water fairly far into the river.
And I do think this rendering should have the other buildings in it — are they to be in those white “foot prints”? Blocking the view of the bridge from this POV?
You gets the soccer ball if you kick it into the water?
They should build it so it floats, that way it won’t be under water in 10 years.