The Committee on Alternatives to Housing of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation met this evening at City Hall to consider which of twelve proposed alternative sources of funding Bay Area Economics(“BAE”), the consultant hired to evaluate such proposals, would be authorized to consider whether to include in its report to the Park’s board of directors. […]
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Meeting on Alternatives to Housing in Park Monday
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s Committee on Alternatives to Housing will hold a meeting this coming Monday, December 20, in the Blue Room at City Hall, Manhattan, beginning at “approximately 5:15pm”. The public is invited to attend; however, “[n]o public testimony will be taken.” Thanks to Matthew Parker for the tip.
Choppers, MTA, Park, Albany Reform Dominate Squadron’s Community Meeting
About thirty local residents, your correspondent included, braved biting winds and a fierce flurry to get to 55 Pierrepont Street for last night’s community meeting, hosted by State Senator Daniel Squadron. On our arrival, the Senator’s Chief of Staff, John Raskin, treated us to Oreos and milk as tokens of regret for Sen. Squadron’s unavoidable […]
Reminder: Final Community Meeting on Housing in Park This Evening
The final community meeting on alternatives to housing as sources of funds for maintenance of Brooklyn Bridge Park will be this evening: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 6pm – 8pm St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street Founders Hall Auditorium, 1st floor This will be your last opportunity to express your views on this issue before the […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park to Hold Public Hearings on Alternatives to Housing
This in from Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation: Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Committee on Alternatives to Housing, with the assistance of Bay Area Economics Consulting, is conducting two public hearings to solicit comments from the public on alternative sources that could be relied upon to finance the on-going operations of the park in lieu of revenues from […]
Tobacco Warehouse Shell Game?
The Tobacco Warehouse, that picturesque, roofless shell of a 19th century structure that stands on the west side of Water Street, near the Dock Street intersection, in DUMBO, has become the latest point of contention in the battle over whether the costs of operating and maintaining Brooklyn Bridge Park should be defrayed in part by […]
Park Committee to Hire Consultants on Housing Alternatives
At its meeting today the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s Committee on Housing Alternatives decided to seek outside help. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s Committee on Alternatives to Housing [Wednesday] got things off the ground by voting to approve the issuing of a Request for Proposals for a consultant to explore alternate funding […]
Committee to Consider Alternatives to Housing in Park Wednesday
The Cobble Hill Association alerts us to a meeting to be held at City Hall (Manhattan) in the Blue Room, starting at approximately 11:00 a.m. this Wednesday, September 22, at which the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation’s Committee on Alternatives to Housing will consider possible sources of funding for the Park other than the construction […]
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