About fifty people showed up at St. Francis College yesterday evening to speak (and a number of others showed up to listen) about the draft report issued by Bay Area Economics, the consultants hired by the Brooklyn Bridge Park board to evaluate alternatives to luxury housing and a hotel as sources of revenue to defray […]
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Squadron Stresses Citizen Involvement at Community Convention
By Claude Scales on March 15, 2011 12:19 am in brooklyn bridge park, Development, Government, Real Estate, Transportation
State Senator Daniel Squadron held his third annual Community Convention Sunday at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street. The previous two had been in the Manhattan portion of his district; this was the first in Brooklyn. At the close of the proceedings, he said attendance was estimated at about 250.
Tobacco Warehouse Meeting Marked by Controversy
By Claude Scales on November 16, 2010 2:50 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Development, DUMBO, Landmark Preservation
Yesterday evening’s community meeting at Borough Hall concerning the proposals for adaptive use of the Tobacco Warehouse in DUMBO exposed a rift between arts organizations, which favor allowing such use, and community activists, who mostly want to keep the structure as is. It began with a presentation by Regina Myer, President of the Brooklyn Bridge […]
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