At last, some positively spectacular news about the progress of Brooklyn Bridge Park. First, Park President Regina Myer announced Thursday that Joshua Rechnitz, Founder & Chairman of the non-profit New York City Fieldhouse, has offered $40 million for the design & construction of a year-round, multi-use recreation facility near Pier 5. This represents one of […]
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BBP Solicits Entries For ‘Bluebell Photo Contest’
Brooklyn Bridge Park is inviting all local photographers to submit images of the Spanish Bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) starting to bloom by the thousands for its “Bluebell Photo Contest.” In December 2011, BBP planted 8,000+ Spanish Bluebell bulbs in the Pier 1, Pier 6 & Main Street sections of the park. The thin leaves of the […]
WSJ: ‘A Storm Is Raging Over Plan For Brooklyn Bridge Park’
Is the sloooowly buregoning Brooklyn Bridge Park designed to encourage the interaction of those who visit the waterfront oasis—or is it little more than a handsome front lawn for wealthy homeowners, alienated from the surrounding community and lacking those things that make urban public spaces dynamic? That’s the question posed in a Wall Street Journal […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
The forecast for this weekend is for temperatures reaching the 70s and little, if any, chance of showers, so it should be a very good time to see spring blossoms and foliage in Brooklyn Bridge Park (photo), in gardens well tended by Jonathan Landsman and crew beside the Promenade, or in window boxes and gardens […]
Earth Day 2012: NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg Claims To Love Brooklyn Bridge Park
With Earth Day coming up on Sunday April 22—which aims to preserve and protect the environment—grassroots environmental organization Sierra Club posted a video offering a slew of notable public figures sharing their favorite “pieces of America.” Actor Corbin Bernsen names Yosemite National Park, “That ’70s Show” regular Laura Prepon cites Big Sur and HBO’s “True […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 4/5: Signs Of Progress?
Since your BHB correspondent’s credentials are in crafting sentences and not engineering, I’m hard-pressed to explain exactly what’s going on in Brooklyn Bridge Park around the areas of Pier 4 and 5 (north of 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park condos, just south of Montague Street). But over the past week, trucks and crews have been pushing […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park: Spring Fling & 5K Race 3/31
Brooklyn Bridge Park has two events coming up on Saturday, March 31: Its family-oriented Spring Fling and the annual Eileen C. Dugan Memorial 5K race. First up: Spring Fling takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Empire Fulton Ferry section of the park. Admission is free, and includes egg decorating, music, dancing, […]
Hot Damn! Pool Coming To Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 This Summer
Dive in—or, uh, at least wade—Brooklyn Heights: Officials overseeing the 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park are planning to install a temporary pool in the Pier 2 uplands section of the green space this summer. According to a story in today’s New York Post, the 30-by-50-foot pool will be above ground, 3½-feet deep across, fully decked and […]
Jane’s Carousel Earns Kudos From Travel & Leisure’s Design Awards
The March 2012 issue of “Travel and Leisure” magazine, which features its 2012 Design Awards, includes Brooklyn’s own Jane’s Carousel Pavilion, winning kudos for Best Public Space. The wondrously recreated carousel in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn Bridge Park was designed and meticulously restored by Jane Walentas
Reminder: Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation Meeting Monday at Noon (12/5)
No word yet on whether the 7 hotel/housing schemes proposed for Brooklyn Bridge Park with be on the BBPC’s meeting Monday (12/5) afternoon but it would be totally bananas if it wasn’t on the agenda. The meeting is open to the public and while they may or may not be taking questions, if you’re a […]
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