Dock Street Plans (Marina and All) Go 3D
This photo of a model that’s on display in at Two Trees headquarters just landed in our inbox about half an hour ago. The Dock Street project that the developer is trying to sell to the public is tucked behind a huge “Brooklyn” sign that’s been plunked on the roof of the Empire Stores building….
This photo of a model that’s on display in at Two Trees headquarters just landed in our inbox about half an hour ago. The Dock Street project that the developer is trying to sell to the public is tucked behind a huge “Brooklyn” sign that’s been plunked on the roof of the Empire Stores building. But most eye-popping is the model of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s own marina. First we’ve heard of such a thing. Fantasy or reality?
Yassky and Walentas Square Off over Dock Street [Brownstoner]
Two Trees Plans Mixed Use Building Next to Bridge [Brownstoner]
Two Trees’ Dumbo Vision Revealed in Model Form [Curbed]
I really like the Brooklyn sign. Genius. Instant landmark. It would need to be put up in the middle of the night without official approval. The public would then fall in love with it and the art and landmark types would have to grudgingly accept it. Like what happened with the bronze bull in lower Manhattan.
it shows marinas, but not at that location.
The Brooklyn sign is cool, but i’d prefer “Fugheddaboudit” in that same Dodger blue cursive…
the link posted by 2:00 does show marinas.
i think a marina would be nice there. and no i’m not a broker, sailor, dumbo-dweller or rich person. there is a lot of park space there and i think a little marina with some sailboats would have a very nice feel.
i like what is there now!
http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/
If Wallentas wants to do it, it will get done. The projects that never seem to get anywhere are the ones involving State agencies or the Port Authority.
Wallentas does not own the Empire Stores (yet) but when he gets them, he will rehab them and put the big sign on top, which I really like.
The Empire Stores originally sat right next to the water so the marina would recreate that original relationship. That would be something that the landmarks commission would probably like.
The proposed building is perfectly alright, verging on the ho-hum. Yassky, that arbiter of good taste and ethics, has come out agaisnt it. But given his lack of popularity, that is a plus. Ditto for the BHA -does anyone actually like or listen to the BHA?
Wallentas is in the driver’s seat as he has for the last twenty years in this once forgotten corner.
poster 12:12, for a person to view the site as laid out in that model-they would have to be in a HELICOPTER.
No, it does not look offensive from 1500 feet in the air.
Don’t worry, the marina is NOT happening. My guess is the planning team is just using it as a placeholder. They’ll never find a concessionaire willing to run a marina there — it’s too small to make a profit, and the currents in the East River are too fickle to make this an appealing location for serious yachties.