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The Roebling Legacy, with a Real Life Roebling, at PowerHouse Arena

Clifford Zink will be reading from his book “The Roebling Legacy” at PowerHouse Arena [37 Main Street] in DUMBO on November 29 at 7pm. He’ll discuss the Brooklyn Bridge, among other things, and be introduced by Washington Roebling’s great-great-great grandson/Brooklyn Heights resident Kriss Roebling: Continue Reading →

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Yassky, Gioia Protest Dock Street DUMBO

BHB contributor Matthew Parker sent in these photos of our man in the NYC Council, David Yassky, and fellow councilmember Eric Gioia of the 26th District at this morning’s rally in Brooklyn Bridge Park to protest Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO project. Also in attendance  project opponent Christian Roebling the great-great grandson of Washington and Emily Roebling who built the Brooklyn Bridge.

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NYT on Dock Street

The New York Times ran a story on the opposition to Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO project in its online edition on Friday (it ran in print yesterday), along with a nifty Flash graphic showing  before and after views from the Brooklyn Bridge:

New York Times: Mr. Walentas maintains that the opposition is being driven by people who would lose views from their condominiums and who are using hyped-up claims about the bridge to whip up sentiment against the project.

For his part, Mr. [Kristian] Roebling, who lives in Brooklyn and is the father of two young children, said the view from his apartment would not change. The proposed building, he said, is just too tall.

“It’s practically touching the bridge,” Mr. Roebling said.

Mr. Walentas said he needed the height of the building to pay for the school below.

“Sometimes we make what even I would agree is an obscene amount of money on certain projects,” Mr. Walentas said. “I think this project is the antithesis of that.”

Thanks to BHB contributor T.K. Small for pointing this piece out to us.

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Roebling Descendant Lends Voice to Dock Street Opposition

dumbo-nhood-allAccording to information received from the DUMBO Neighborhood Alliance, Kristian Roebling, a Brooklyn resident and descendant of John Roebling, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, and of Washington and Emily Roebling, who supervised the Bridge’s construction, has joined historian David McCullogh and others in opposing Two Trees Development’s proposed Dock Street project, which would place a seventeen story building adjacent to the north side of the Bridge’s Brooklyn ramp. DNA’s press release quotes Roebling: Continue Reading →

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