Tree limbs aren’t the only victims of recent high winds. Karl follows the fate of some plywood from the sidewalk bridge surrounding 20 Henry Street, and gives a warning.
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The New and Approved 27 Cranberry – Still Too Big?
While the new design for 27 Cranberry Street by local starchitect Tom van den Bout has LPC approval, it still has some preservation minded Brooklynites wringing their hands. The new design substitutes brick for brownstone and zinc for bronze elements but some think the home is still too big for its humble block. However, this […]
Park Corporation Issues RFP for Hotel-Residence Complex at Pier 1
We noted earlier that the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation announced its intention to issue a request for proposals to develop a hotel and apartment complex in the area between the landscaped Pier 1 and Furman Street. during August. BBPC has wasted no time, issuing the RFP today. The proposed complex may look like the rendering […]
Coming Soon: Hotel And Housing Proposals for Brooklyn Bridge Park
While attention has been focused on the St. Ann’s Tobacco Warehouse saga, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation announced at a meeting yesterday that they will be issuing by the end of August a “Request For Proposal” for the hotel and residential housing buildings across from Pier 1. According to the Brooklyn Eagle: Two buildings — […]
Not So Magic, Johnson: Carpenters Protest Wages at 20 Henry Street
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America are miffed about how the developers of 20 Henry Street, Magic Johnson’s Canyon Johnson Funds, is compensating its workers. Our man in the NYC Council Steve Levin pointed out the firm’s questionable hiring practices earlier this year.
Battle for Brooklyn Returns to Heights Cinema
The critically acclaimed documentary film Battle for Brooklyn will return to the Heights Cinema, Henry and Orange streets, this Wednesday, July 6, to begin a one week run every evening starting at 7:15. At the first two showings, this Wednesday and Thursday, the filmmakers, Mike Galinsky and Suki Hawley, along with Daniel Goldstein, who led […]
Committee Forwards Consultants’ Housing Alternatives Report to Full Park Board
The Committee on Alternatives to Housing of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s board met this afternoon and, by a vote of 4-2, forwarded the final report of Bay Area Economics, the consultants hired by the board to study alternatives to housing as sources of revenue to fund park operation and maintenance, to the full board. […]
City Axes $11 Million from Park Funding
The City has reduced its funding commitment for Brooklyn Bridge Park from $55 million to $44 million, as reported by Curbed. This is likely, the article says, to increase the need for housing on park land to generate the revenues needed for the park. However, our understanding is that the City’s $55 million commitment was […]
Park Consultants Submit Final Report on Housing Alternatives
Bay Area Economics (“BAE”), the consultants hired by the board of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation to study alternatives to housing in the park as sources of funding for park operations and maintenance, have submitted the final version of their report to the board’s Committee on Alternatives to Housing. The full text of the report […]
Former Precinct House at 72 Poplar Sold to Developer
As reported by Brownstoner, the former police building at 72 Poplar Street, between Henry and Hicks, which has been vacant for some years, has been sold by the previous owner, who bought it at a city auction for $9.6 million seven years ago but whose plans to add two additional stories as part of a […]
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