If you can’t wait to get a glimpse of the work at Brooklyn Bridge Park, this weekend there will be two tours of the construction areas of the park-in-progress. One tour will focus on the work at the 1.6-acre Pier 6 playground and the other tour will cover the rest of the park-in-progress. Tours will […]
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Park Progress: Twenty Eighth Report, and an Award!
Brooklyn Bridge Park, along with designer Michael Van Valkenburgh associates, has recieved an Honor Award for Analysis & Planning from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO. North end, Pier 1, Tuesday, September 15, 2009. North end, Pier 1, Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Topsoil is being spread on […]
Park progress: Twenty Seventh Report
This week, I’m going to concentrate on two places where there’s particularly intense activity. South end of Pier 1, Tuesday, September 1, 2009. South end of Pier 1, Tuesday, September 8, 2009. The deck has been removed from the southwest corner of the pier, exposing the pilings below. eventually, this will be done to the […]
Park Progress: Twenty-Sixth Report
Pier 6, Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Pier 6, Tuesday, September 1, 2009. What’s all this activity near the foot of Pier 6? A closer view, and more photos and text, follow the jump.
Park Progress: Twenty-Fifth Report, and a Contest Winner
Your correspondent has returned from vacation, and resumed his photographic rounds. North end, Pier 1, Friday, August 14, 2009. North end, Pier 1, Tuesday, August 25, 2009. In my previous report, I proposed a contest to name the hill that has been constructed on the north end of Pier 1, which begins near the bottom […]
Park progress: twenty-fourth report, with a contest: name that hill!
Friday, August 7, 2009. Friday, August 14, 2009. Here’s the contest: Name the impressive hill (for a view from the summit, see this earlier post) that’s been built on the northern portion of Pier 1, seen above. Friday, August 14, 2009. Here’s another view of the hill on Pier 1, showing, toward the right, the […]
Park progress: twenty-third report
Friday, July 31, 2009. Friday, August 7, 2009. According to one of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation staffers who accompanied the site tour your correspondent took on Tuesday, the circular outline near the northwest corner of Pier 1 will be a “tot park.” More photos and text follow the jump.
Park progress: Special Edition – An Inside Look!
Yesterday evening, your correspondent joined a group of thirty or so people, including BHB contributor Matthew Parker and Brooklyn Heights Association Board of Governors member Martin Schneider, for a tour of the northern portion (Piers 1 and 2) of the construction site for Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation President Regina Myer (photo […]
Park Progress: Twenty-second Report
Friday, July 31, 2009. Here’s a new view of the work being done at the foot of Pier 2. It appears that a trench is being dug inland of, and parallel to, the canal for kayaks. Comparative photos are after the jump.
Park Progress: Early Bird Edition, and Tours Available (Twenty-first Report)
Since your correspondent is leaving town for a few days, here’s an early report for this week. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation has posted this sign at the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade, displaying a map of the Park as planned. The BBPDC is hosting tours of the construction site every Tuesday evening […]
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