Go on a tour with Regina Myer, President of the Brooklyn Bridge Park, as she points out the park’s many sustainable elements. Sustainability at Brooklyn Bridge Park from Heather Quinlan on Vimeo.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park Releases Tobacco Warehouse RFP
As rumored, Brooklyn Bridge Park has issued a Request for Proposal [download PDF] “for the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of the former Tobacco Warehouse for cultural, educational or community purposes.”
Park Officials Apologize for Noise: Give Schedule for Summer Events
The Brooklyn Heights Association has forwarded communications from the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation. An open letter addressed to “Dear Neighbors”, on letterhead of the Conservancy, but co-signed by Regina Myer, President of the BBPDC, and Nancy Webster, Executive Director of the Conservancy, includes the following: We wanted to let […]
Mr. J. Goes to Movie With a View
Our man with a cam checks out yesterday evening’s action on Pier 1 as Hizzoner makes a surprise appearance and everyone dons 3-D specs to watch Monsters vs. Aliens.
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: 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 […]
BBP’s Pier 6 by end of year!
Swing Valley! Marsh Mallow! Benches everywhere! Such enticing park amenities are part of what’s to come at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 — and it will all be ours by the end of the year, Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation President Regina Myer told a standing-room only crowd at last night’s Community Board 2 parks […]
Eagle: BBP Topper Sanguine About Park; B’Paper: It’s Gonna Cost Ya
Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation President Regina Meyer tells the Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Bridge Park will become reality: Citing updated construction costs and actual data, Ms. Myer said the funds are in hand for the development of Pier 1 (off Fulton Ferry Landing) and Pier 6 (off Atlantic Avenue), as well as part of Pier […]
Pier 1 Park Construction Schedule Announced
At last night’s Community Board 2 meeting (at which the Board approved the Dock Street proposal–see post below), Regina Myer, President of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, presented a projected schedule for the “parkification” of Pier 1, the northernmost of the piers visible from the Promenade. Myer said that fill and topsoil will be […]
Park Construction Starts Today
The Brooklyn Paper reports that construction on some areas of Brooklyn Bridge Park is “supposed to” begin today: Brooklyn Paper: Work on…: “Work begins on Monday,” said Regina Myer, president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, at a board meeting on Friday afternoon. Myer also proudly told the board that work will commence in […]
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