Pop-Up Park Pops in Brooklyn Bridge Park
To coincide with the Waterfalls launch, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation are opening the gates to their temporary “Pop-Up” park at Pier 1 by Fulton Ferry Landing today at 10 a.m. The 26,000-square-foot landscaped space has a sand play area and lots of picnic tables at which to…
To coincide with the Waterfalls launch, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation are opening the gates to their temporary “Pop-Up” park at Pier 1 by Fulton Ferry Landing today at 10 a.m. The 26,000-square-foot landscaped space has a sand play area and lots of picnic tables at which to eat the food being served all summer by RICE in the tented cafe. The park will be open every day through Labor Day. The Daily News runs a rendering (below) from Michael Van Valkenburg today of how the park is ultimately expected to look; the paper also reports that while “key parts” of the park will be ready as soon as the end of 2009, the Development Corporation has secured only two-thirds of the money it needs to complete the park by 2012.”There is no benefit to waiting,” said BBPDC’s Regina Myer. “The construction costs go up every day and we need to get the public out there as soon as possible.”
You two need to calm down. “Battery Park City thing”? “Gated community”? Give me a break. They are taking a few spots on Furman Street (where there are already buildings) for the condos, and turning all of the rest into parkland. Have you even seen the plans? You don’t need to walk past some condo security guard to get into the park and can ignore the adjacent condos just like you can ignore the apartments that line Central Park West or Prospect Park West. The park plan is not perfect but all this anti-park rhetoric is ridiculous.
Because it’s a back door way to make public land private. Just tell people (obviously stupid constituents) that private developers will guarantee money for the piece of the park that’s left. It’s an underhanded way to sell more of Brooklyn to the rich and close off the waterfront. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a gated community there in 5-10 years,claiming private access.
I think it is wonderful that we have a park for at least the summer. The question for the conservancy as a non-profit that has had fundraised in this community for years is WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH ALL THAT MONEY. They have a large payroll and really only provide programming in the summer.
The Question for the BBPESDC is why can’t we have a real park-not this Battery Park City thing. Brooklyns Tax roles have increased due to new residents..new businesses etc. Why this plan.
The question to Millman, Yassky and Connor is why did you give away our public waterfront to private developers?
Let’s all enjoy the park this summer while we await the answers
Here’s more info on PIER 1:
SUMMER ’08 @ PIER 1 (the pop-up park) will be operating June 26 – Labor Day, from 10:00am-10:00pm, 7 days a week. The site is managed and operated by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy.
PIER 1 will feature a cafe (open at noon), picnic tables, landscaping with some trees and grass, and a sand play area.
A free shuttle with stops at Borough Hall and the High Street (Cadman Plaza West) subway stations will run to the site on Fridays (5:00pm-10:30pm) and Saturdays and Sundays (10:00pm-10:30pm).
For more info, visit the Conservancy website at http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org
We hope to see you this summer!
Nancy Webster
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
That grass appears to be close to the same shade of lime green as the bicycle lane on Henry Street. Regardless, seeing at least some of this Park actually being built on the South side of the Bridge is exciting.
HEAVEN!!! Brooklyn really is just getting better and better.
Hey, it is 10:18 – where are the pictures of the pop up park…
Correction by way of explanation:
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, of which Regina Myer is the president, is constructing the park with public monies. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, for which Marianna Koval serves as president, raises private funds for programming.
Oh, and 9:49, there will be beer and wine at the “pop-up” (drink up and fall down) park.
the waterfalls are made of beer. it’s going to be a great summer.