Adrian Benepe, the former head of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, weighed in on the Pier House situation following the court decision earlier this week that ruled in favor of the hotel/condo development in Brooklyn Bridge Park. “A commitment was made; there is no question about it,” Benepe told Crain’s New York Business. “And I’m […]
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Stopping the Pierhouse: Save the View Campaign Pushes Forward
By Claude Scales on December 26, 2014 2:34 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Development, Environment, Real Estate
In a previous post we noted the effort of Brooklyn Heights resident Steven Guterman to mount a challenge to the increased height of the Pierhouse hotel structure which now blocks a portion of the view of the Brooklyn Bridge and of Midtown from various vantage points on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. He has now established […]

Pier House Construction Underway
By Claude Scales on August 12, 2013 11:01 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Development, Photos, Real Estate
Reader Andrew Porter has been keeping an eye, and a camera lens, on construction activity at the site of Pier House, the hotel/retail/condo complex that will sit between Furman Street and Pier 1. The pedestrian bridge connecting Squibb Park and the uplands of Pier 1, which will eventually be between two sections of Pier House, […]
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