What’s that weird looking contraption on the Promenade? As reported by Mary Frost, the DOT is conducting environmental testing in thirty locations between Atlantic Avenue and Sands street in preparation for the $1.9 billion dollar rehabilitation of the BQE. Opened in 1951, The Promenade comprises the top level of the roadway’s 70 year old triple cantilever. […]
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NY Post on BBP DOT Turf War
The NY Post digs deeper today on the tasty tipster tidbit we reported on earlier – the tug of war between the Brooklyn Bridge Park folks and the Department of Transportation. At issue is use of the now cleared Purchase Building site, which is supposed to be the site of the park’s skating rink: NY […]
Eagle: Yup, BHB Tipster’s On the Money about Purchase Building Site
The Brooklyn Eagle wore out some shoeleather chasing down the low-down on a BHB tipster tidbit about a reported tug of war between the DOT and BBP Conservancy over use of the soon to be cleared Purchase Building site under the Brooklyn Bridge:
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