Gowanus Green/Public Place Gets Public Meeting

Public, yeah, but since it was poorly publicized and late in the holiday season, not too many folks showed to represent the nabe’s feelings about Gowanus Green. PMFA attended the Borough Hall convening, and noted that “the need for open space in this community has increased rather than decreased since 1974,” when Public Place was designated as, well, public. “But instead of finally getting the use of this open land at Public Place, Carroll Gardeners will have to absorb an additional 774 units.” Public stuff includes playgrounds, rain gardens, bike shop, bar/restaurants, retail stuff, place for the Gowanus Dredgers, and a boathouse and community center. Concerns: the larger Gowanus rezoning; dirty toxic Gowanus Canal; effect of projects with similar timelines (read: Toll Brothers); impact on schools and subways, to name a few. Pretty much the same concerns that the Toll Brothers’ project raises, though this seems to be causing much less of a stir.
Gowanus Green: Bells, Whistles, and Rain Gardens [Brownstoner] GMAP
Hudson Companies Chosen to Develop Public Place Site [Brownstoner]
Renderings of the Related and Hudson Public Place Plans [Brownstoner]
Vying Public Place Plans Get an Airing [Brownstoner]
Gowanus Roundup: Public Pl. Bids Whittled, Builders Bullish [Brownstoner]
Bizarrely Timed ‘Gowanus Green’ Hearing Nearly Secret [Curbed]
Last Night At The ‘Gowanus Green’ Public Scoping Meeting [PMFA]