Terrapin Playground Reopening in May?
The revamp of Terrapin Playground, the section of J.J. Byrne Park that Shaya Boymelgreen and associates have used as a staging area during construction of the Novo, is supposed to be complete by May, according to a story in last week’s Crain’s (sub req’d). Work on the westernmost section of the public park (which will…
The revamp of Terrapin Playground, the section of J.J. Byrne Park that Shaya Boymelgreen and associates have used as a staging area during construction of the Novo, is supposed to be complete by May, according to a story in last week’s Crain’s (sub req’d). Work on the westernmost section of the public park (which will include a eight new handball courts, two new basketball courts, a skate area, and a dog run area) was originally supposed to be finished last summer. While we can’t say that we’ve noticed a great deal of progress on the space since we checked in on it in December, it would certainly be terrific if the long overdue reopening were only a few months away and ready for summer.
Terrapin Park Still Far From Complete [Brownstoner] GMAP
Novo stinks like week old coho.
Carroll Gardens rocks!!!!!!!!!!!
Carroll Gardens rocks!!!!!!!!!!!
Carroll Gardens rocks!!!!!!!!!!!
Carroll Gardens rocks!!!!!!!!!!!
i LOVE froyo.
Novo is sized for Frodo.
Novo is as worthless as Fro-yo.
11:59 = one of my tenants
I bet the people living in the Novo will have nice views of the hoodlums and thugs that will infiltrate the handball and basketball courts. Nothing fancy like a graffiti filled park.
Novo is dead as a dodo.
“Brownstone…built to last.”
What an ignorant joke! They stopped using brownstone around 1900 because the rock isn’t durable and carved details started crumbling. As for the structures themselve, the only reason some of them are still in reasonable shape is because of continual, expensive rehabing.
“Brownstone is not really used [anymore] because it’s not durable, sedimentary rock falls apart over time with weathering. They used brownstone because it was easy to mold and carve but it just doesn’t hold in the North East with the weather. Nowadays we use precast concrete and you can get the same type of molds out of that. It’s a more common and cost effective material to use.†Says John Holland, President and Founder of Holland Development LLC. Holland Development specializes in brownstone restoration in the greater Boston area.