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.
The new residential buildings planned to rise next to 360 Furman Street (aka 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park)would be next to (not in) the proposed park. They will not help finance the park but rather will pay for the ongoing maintanence of the Park should it ever get built.
The misinformation campaign put on by nearby residents about the buildings and the park is worthy of Saddam’s former ministry of communications.
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Keep your asshats on. All that they are doing now is asbestos abatement and clean-up.
We are not going to see tree-plantings any time soon.
The Purchase Building is little more than an eyesore blocking a fantastic view. Demo on that should start soon. No one is going to miss it when it’s gone.
I’ll believe it when I see it. This will be quietly scaled back and finally dropped half done when the economics of doing projects in Brooklyn threatens the redevelopment of the Manhattan (Dubai Disneyland) waterfront.
* centerpiece of THE FINANCING of this park *
Centerpiece my ass, you misleading asshat. There are three residential building being built. Each one is the far end of the park (2 on the sout side, one on the north side). Proceeds from those 3 buildings will make it possible to operate the park without being dependent on the whims of the state budget. THat’s a good thing. You’ll still have 85 acres of waterfront park. Do the expensive buildings along 5th ave and CPW take away from central park? Are the coop towers on Prospect Park west the centerpiece of Prospect Park? No! So shut up and stop standing in the way of a noble effort to increase the amount of park space for the people of Brooklyn.
Hallelujah!
Kind of misleading that the picture does’nt show any of the apartments, hotel etc. that are the centerpiece of this “park”
They should build an underwater observation tunnel connecting this to the South Side Seaport, and have two towers rise up out of the water with observation decks along the way.