BHB Tipster “MP” tells us that it’s a “full house” at the Brooklyn Borough President’s hearing on the Dock Street DUMBO Project. He adds that there seems to be a “few more people/groups” speaking against the project. The Brooklyn Paper’s Gersh “Nude Model” Kuntzman reports:
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Dock Street DUMBO Hearing Tonight
The Office of the Kings County Borough President will be holding a public hearing today regarding Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO Project. The building has supporters who claim that affordable housing and a middle school make that project worthy while opponents say that the structure will be out of scale with the neighborhood and would […]
BHA Mobilizes Members Against Dock Street DUMBO
Members of the Brooklyn Heights Association received this dispatch moments ago regarding the organizations opposition to Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO project:
NYT on Dock Street DUMBO
The New York Times reports on the Dock Street DUMBO project today: New York Times: Wondering if a New School…: Tom van den Bout, an architect and president of the Brooklyn Heights Association, said his group also opposed the building, and not just because of its height. While most Dumbo buildings curve beneath the Brooklyn […]
Dock Street DUMBO: What If…
A quote by former NY City Councilman/super-attorney Ken Fisher regarding Two Trees and the Dock Street DUMBO project keeps repeating in my mind. After CB2’s land-use committee voted no on the project – due to the building’s height among other things – Fisher told the Brooklyn Paper, “It is more likely that we would have […]
DNA, BHA to Rally Against Dock Street DUMBO
Opponents of Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO project will be gathering this Sunday (1/11) at Washington and Prospect Streets at 10:30 AM to voice their dismay at the proposed 18 story building near the Brooklyn Bridge. CB2 will vote on the project next Wednesday. The group has sent out a one-sheet [PDF] which reads:
CB2’s YCE Committee Give Dock Street DUMBO School Thumbs Up
Following Wednesday night’s public hearing, Community Board 2’s youth, culture and education committee voted last night 9-0 to support inclusion of a middle school in the Walentas Dock Street DUMBO project. CB2’s land use committee will vote on the entire project tomorrow morning (12/20) at 10:00 a.m. in the Callahan Center, St. Francis College, 180 […]
CB2 Didn’t Vote on Dock Street DUMBO Project
Community Board 2 held a public hearing last night regarding the Dock Street DUMBO Project which promises affordable housing a middle school to be constructed near the Brooklyn Bridge. Update: This dispatch just in from CB2: Please be advised that the Youth, Education and Cultural Affairs Committee meeting – originally planned to follow the community […]
CB2 Hearing on Dock Street DUMBO Tonight
Community Board 2 will hold a public hearing tonight to get community input on the proposed Dock Street DUMBO project which includes construction of a middle school. It will be held at 6:00 p.m at the Long Island University Health Sciences Center, 1 University Plaza, Room 107 [map]. Jed Walentas made his case for the […]
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