Details About a BBP Bridge
Popular Mechanics had an article, as well as the renderings above (click to enlarge), about the 396-foot-long Squibb Park Bridge, which will connect the Promenade to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Plans for the pedestrian walkway sound extremely cool: “From Squibb Park, the bridge will zigzag gracefully through a clutch of tall oaks, between buildings and over…
Popular Mechanics had an article, as well as the renderings above (click to enlarge), about the 396-foot-long Squibb Park Bridge, which will connect the Promenade to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Plans for the pedestrian walkway sound extremely cool: “From Squibb Park, the bridge will zigzag gracefully through a clutch of tall oaks, between buildings and over a street, descending 30 feet in elevation from its starting point to its endpoint in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Supported by poured-concrete pillars and suspended by steel cables, the primary construction material will be 6- and 10-inch-diameter pieces of Robinia pseudoacacia, or black locust, a tree found widely in the Southeast but also prevalent in forests of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.” The project is supposed to be done by next summer, according to the article.
A New Brooklyn Bridge—This Time Made of Trees [Popular Mechanics]
Squibb Park Pedestrian Bridge to be Made of Wood [BHB]
Bridge Will Connect Heights to Park [Eagle]
Progress is being made on Pier 6. The first 1/3 of the pier will be completed within 2 months as they are finishing the work on the pilings, actively planting, etc. The restaurant that is located in this section is also under construction. As I understand it, the other 2/3 of Pier 6 is currently unfunded.
Work is also being done on Pier 5, but not much is visible as it is principally pile work. Until the pile work reaches a certain stage of completion the “above ground” work on Pier 5 cannot begin.
Work is definitely also progressing on the portion of the park where Jane’s Carousel will be located.
As for the Squibb Bridge, I think is a vital ingress/egress feature and the design fits in very well with the other elements of the Park.
CGar, I’ve not been paying that much attention on the funding. who / how is this park funded – construction and on-going?
brownstonerlogin, I couldn’t agree more about access via Atlantic Avenue. Cars don’t stop at the BQE on/off ramps, even when pedestrians have the right of way. I have close friends who take their dogs to the Pier 6 dog run, and it’s a daily battle to avoid getting hit by a car. I tell people to enter the park via Joralemon Street.
Thanks, Nems. It made me wonder. I would hate to see the project stop dead in its tracks, though I realize funding the rest of the park, not to mention its annual operating budget, is a huge issue.
Love it, I think the whole concept looks really good !!
CGar
I believe that they are working on the part of the park North of the Brooklyn Bridge. The rest of Pier 6 and then 5 are next.
Nems
Minard, lol, that was my experience walking home via a promenade excursion. Only walking home on the Brooklyn Bridge last night was more crowded.
Haven’t looked at the design itself, but I think the idea of a bridge is really cool. Wish they would put some kind of more pedestrian-friendly access to the park down near Atlantic Ave. too–crossing that BQE on-ramp and then walking under the pigeon-poop-covered BQE underpass to get to the park is not so fun.
the promenade is anything but private. it is like Times Square many summer days.