Jostling for Control of Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Post reports that the city and state are engaged in “closed doors” negotiations about whether the city should take full control of Brooklyn Bridge Park, a situation that is delaying the opening of the first, completed segment of the project. According to the story, the city is willing to immediately shell out tens of…
The Post reports that the city and state are engaged in “closed doors” negotiations about whether the city should take full control of Brooklyn Bridge Park, a situation that is delaying the opening of the first, completed segment of the project. According to the story, the city is willing to immediately shell out tens of millions for the park in exchange for having the state cede its stake in BBP. “It’s bureaucratic BS at its finest,” said one frustrated official. “Part of the problem is the state is leery about giving up control because it wants to be able to take credit when both projects are finally finished.”
Mike, State in Park Push-Pull [NY Post] GMAP
there is nothing at all complicated about this.
It is kindergarten 101 politics:
That’s my toy!
..no, it’s mine!
leggo!
No, you leggo!
No, its mine, mine, mine, wahhhhhhh…..
The Box. economic history of containerization with mucho informacion on bk. good read. bkre is correctomundo…
and about that gs conspiracy theory…
I’m not a huge fan of Goldman Sachs either, but I’m not sure what you think they have to do with this. The reason the money is just sitting there is because the CIty is holding on to it to pour into Gov Island and BBP. These negotiations have been going on for a while.
The reason there is no longer a working port at these docks has to do with containerization. This technological innovation made ports much more efficient, so that is how all ports work nowadays. The problem is that you need to have significantly more upland space in order to have a container port. Because of the cliff of Brooklyn Heights there was not nearly enough uplands space. There was sufficient space in Port Newark and Port Elizabeth, that’s why container ports were built there and activity at the Brooklyn Piers declined.
There are actually REAL reasons why these types of things happen. Why don’t you invest some time to learn them rather than making up conspiracy theories?
I guess it’s a law of God, or is it Goldman Sachs, that the money can’t be used for anything else but just has to sit there collecting dust.
Giovanna,
If you read the article you would realize that the money that would go to BBP is being reallocated from the stalled Javits Center expansion. The money is just now sitting there collecting dust. The fact that Bloomie wants to steer that money from a Manhattan project to two Brooklyn project (Gov’s island is technically part of Brooklyn) is a VERY good thing.
no, I have an irony deficiency.
yum! me too!
wait, were you being ironic?
I do understand the difference between CAPITAL and OPERATIONAL expenses. I also understand how resources get sliced and diced and put into different categories that end up justifying the denial of services. At one point in time FIRE interests, working with the city, decided that industry would no longer be supported here. The city would do just fine if it became another Disneyland and allowed Goldman Sachs to help God out by doing his work. There used to be a working port on those docks that was allowed to deteriorate and die. Now I can look forward to another Snack Shack.