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Brooklyn Bridge Park Preview Tours at Atlantic Antic

By Thomas on October 2, 2009 3:39 pm in Brooklyn Heights

If you can’t wait to get a glimpse of the work at Brooklyn Bridge Park, this weekend there will be two tours of the construction areas of the park-in-progress.

One tour will focus on the work at the 1.6-acre Pier 6 playground and the other tour will cover the rest of the park-in-progress. Tours will be offered every half hour from noon to 3:30 p.m. this Sunday at Atlantic Antic. Groups will depart from the Moxie Spot, 81 Atlantic Avenue at Hicks St.

Parts of the park, including Pier 6, are scheduled to open early next year.

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Park Progress: Twenty Eighth Report, and an Award!

By Claude Scales on September 23, 2009 4:10 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Brooklyn Bridge Park, along with designer Michael Van Valkenburgh associates, has recieved an Honor Award for Analysis & Planning from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO.

BHB photo by C. Scales

North end, Pier 1, Tuesday, September 15, 2009.

BHB photo by C. Scales

North end, Pier 1, Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Topsoil is being spread on the flank of Regina Ridge, below Whitman Peak. Can greenery be far behind? More photos and text after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park progress: Twenty Seventh Report

By Claude Scales on September 8, 2009 11:01 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

This week, I’m going to concentrate on two places where there’s particularly intense activity.

BHB photo by C. Scales

South end of Pier 1, Tuesday, September 1, 2009.

BHB photo by C. Scales

South end of Pier 1, Tuesday, September 8, 2009. The deck has been removed from the southwest corner of the pier, exposing the pilings below. eventually, this will be done to the entire southern portion of the pier. More photos and text follow the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress: Twenty-Sixth Report

By Claude Scales on September 1, 2009 11:11 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

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Pier 6, Tuesday, August 25, 2009.

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Pier 6, Tuesday, September 1, 2009. What’s all this activity near the foot of Pier 6? A closer view, and more photos and text, follow the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress: Twenty-Fifth Report, and a Contest Winner

By Claude Scales on August 26, 2009 5:31 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Your correspondent has returned from vacation, and resumed his photographic rounds.

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North end, Pier 1, Friday, August 14, 2009.

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North end, Pier 1, Tuesday, August 25, 2009. In my previous report, I proposed a contest to name the hill that has been constructed on the north end of Pier 1, which begins near the bottom of this photo, with its sinuous route traced by a road or walkway leading up to a summit near the photo’s center. One reader, “Willowtown”, proposed calling it “Regina Ridge” in honor of Regina Myer, President of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation. Another, “Rochdalian”, suggested “Whitman Hill”. (A third advocated naming it for a Whitman poem.) I’ve decided to combine the two proposals and submit that the whole structure be named “Regina Ridge”, but that its summit be called “Whitman Peak”.

More photos and text follow the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park progress: twenty-fourth report, with a contest: name that hill!

By Claude Scales on August 14, 2009 6:31 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Friday, August 7, 2009.

Friday, August 14, 2009. Here’s the contest: Name the impressive hill (for a view from the summit, see this earlier post) that’s been built on the northern portion of Pier 1, seen above.

Friday, August 14, 2009. Here’s another view of the hill on Pier 1, showing, toward the right, the two flights of stairs that connect the summit with the riverside esplanade. This was taken from the western tower of the Brooklyn Bridge. More photos and text follow the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park progress: twenty-third report

By Claude Scales on August 9, 2009 2:31 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Friday, July 31, 2009.

Friday, August 7, 2009. According to one of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation staffers who accompanied the site tour your correspondent took on Tuesday, the circular outline near the northwest corner of Pier 1 will be a “tot park.” More photos and text follow the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park progress: Special Edition – An Inside Look!

By Claude Scales on August 5, 2009 7:42 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Yesterday evening, your correspondent joined a group of thirty or so people, including BHB contributor Matthew Parker and Brooklyn Heights Association Board of Governors member Martin Schneider, for a tour of the northern portion (Piers 1 and 2) of the construction site for Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation President Regina Myer (photo above) greeted us, after which we split into two smaller groups for the tour. More photos and text follow the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress: Twenty-second Report

By Claude Scales on August 1, 2009 4:51 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Friday, July 31, 2009. Here’s a new view of the work being done at the foot of Pier 2. It appears that a trench is being dug inland of, and parallel to, the canal for kayaks. Comparative photos are after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress: Early Bird Edition, and Tours Available (Twenty-first Report)

By Claude Scales on July 23, 2009 11:35 am in Brooklyn Heights, News

Since your correspondent is leaving town for a few days, here’s an early report for this week.

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation has posted this sign at the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade, displaying a map of the Park as planned. The BBPDC is hosting tours of the construction site every Tuesday evening in August. Details, and an address to RSVP, are available here.

Comparative photos follow the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress, with a Bonus Shot from the Karaoke Cruise (Twentieth Report)

By Claude Scales on July 18, 2009 12:56 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Friday, July 10,2009.

Friday, July 17, 2009. The trucks keep rolling in with more fill material. After the jump, there’s a sea level view of the hill that’s grown near the center of Pier 1. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress: Piers 1, 6 and More (Nineteenth Report)

By Claude Scales on July 11, 2009 6:03 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Friday, July 3, 2009.

Friday, July 10, 2009. Again, we compare shots of Pier 1 taken from the north. Not much change in the topography, but some more tall poles have gone up. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress: Piers 1 and 6 (Eighteenth Report)

By Claude Scales on July 3, 2009 11:23 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Friday, June 26, 2009.

Friday, July 3, 2009. This week, we return to headlining comparative photos of the north end of Pier 1, as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge. The topography is taking shape, with a large central hill sloping gently upward from northwest to southeast. More photos and text after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress: Piers 1 and 6 (Seventeenth Report)

By Claude Scales on June 27, 2009 11:02 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Friday, June 19, 2009.

Friday, June 26, 2009. This week we focus on the south end of Pier 1, where there’s considerable visible action. The “Grand Canyon” has now been given a plastic lining. You can sign up to receive information about Brooklyn Bridge Park and updates on park construction, site tours, and other activities by sending an e-mail to info@brooklynbridgeparknyc.org. More photos after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Park Progress: Piers 1 and 6 (Sixteenth Report)

By Claude Scales on June 20, 2009 12:16 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News

Friday, June 12, 2009.

Friday, June 19, 2009. I’ve decided, for the time being, to feature comparative photos of Pier 6 in this weekly post, since I’ve now found a good vantage point–the roof of the LICH parking garage–from which to shoot it. Comparative photos of the north and south ends of Pier 1 follow the jump. Continue Reading →