Dock Street Protesters: 20% There on Signatures
The public relations piece of the fight over the Dock Street development proposed for Dumbo is in high gear, with protesters braving the cold temps to collect signatures against the mixed-use project. (Whether it’s any match for the postcard-mailing campaigns of Walentas & Co. remains to be seen.) What’s not to like? Some folks in…
The public relations piece of the fight over the Dock Street development proposed for Dumbo is in high gear, with protesters braving the cold temps to collect signatures against the mixed-use project. (Whether it’s any match for the postcard-mailing campaigns of Walentas & Co. remains to be seen.) What’s not to like? Some folks in the area, including the Dumbo Neighborhood Association and the Brooklyn Heights Association, think the proposed building is too big and too close to the Brooklyn Bridge and aren’t being won over by the inclusion of 80 affordable units of housing or the potential for a new public middle school. One of the guys with a placard and a noteboard told us they’d collected about 2,000 sigs to date out of the 10,000 they’re hoping to get before the ULURP hearings begin.
Dock Street Plans (Marina and All) Go 3D [Brownstoner]
Yassky and Walentas Square Off over Dock Street [Brownstoner]
Two Trees Plans Mixed Use Building Next to Bridge [Brownstoner]
DUMBO Controversy Spurs Petition Drive [Brooklyn Eagle]
Tht is the one true and only relevant question. Why does it have to be at the proposed height? Why not just build the building, school, shops and all and keep it a below the height of the bridge? There by respecting the bridge and the strong feelings of most of the community? Can someone from two trees answer this? And please don’t use the bogus answer that it’s the only cost effective way to build this thing.
Does nobody care that this will be the end of St. Ann’s Warehouse?
-I would say nobody cares much, no.
Does nobody care that this will be the end of St. Ann’s Warehouse?
Just wait until Two Trees buys Admiral’s Row from the military…
11:55,
take it easy hon, you’re going to pop a gasket. This is just a blog. Many folks do not agree with your position and do not accept your arguements. That’s alright, that’s life in the big city.
Two Tree Spin Meisters are definetely in a effect. Build a school, that would be GREAT. Build affordable housing, This is also GREAT.
BUT, WHY OH WHY DOES IT HAVE TO Be 20 STORIES HIGH!!!
The building of this thing has nothing, NOTHING, to do with a school being built in Dumbo or the development of the Empire stores. Your prmise is completely incorrect. There’s no reason to think that he can make those things happen.
“The truth is that the proposed building is no larger than many of the old industrial buildings in DUMBO, and it will have no effect on the Brooklyn Bridge”.
This is completely false and inaccurate. It is proposed to be 8 stories taller than any existing building in the neighborhood. It is proposed to be 13 stories taller than the building right next to it!
It will affect views of the bridge from almost all points in the neighborhood. It will be narly the same size of the tower of the bridge and 100 yards away from it and it will be an ugly, poorly designed incongruous addition to a neighborhood that has already been shat on by developers including Boymelgreen’s piece of garbage and Caro and Kramers pice of garbage. If you love large, ugly thoughtless development please move to the upper eastside or to the future Atlantic yards. This building represents almost everything thats run amok in the world of development in Brooklyn.
Yassky is in Wallentas’ pocket, Puleeze. Where is he going to get the dough to run for higher office? the fulton ferry assoc? Ha!
He is just coming out agaisnt it before he comes out for it. (I voted agaisnt it before I voted for it) The deal is already done I’m sure. Wallentas tweaks this or that and then Dave will declare victory and support the project.
Those people are freezing their dumbos off for nothing.
just bcs you bought in 70 Washington and didn’t do your homework, don’t blame us. you’re going to lose your view. too bad.
and I’m not a walentas fan 100% but he follows thru on what he says. we need afforable housing, empire stores needs the parking, we need the school. there’s no reason to think he can’t make those things happen