Save The View Now, organized by Steven Guterman (at center in photo) and other Brooklyn Heights residents, as well as non-residents who enjoy views from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and other locations, has filed suit on April 21 in New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, against Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation and various government entities, […]
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Historic Districts Council Joins Fray Over Pierhouse View Obstruction
The Brooklyn Paper reports that the Historic Districts Council, an organization with a 44 year history of advocacy for the protection of historic districts, such as Brooklyn Heights, has allied itself with the Brooklyn Heights Association and Save The View Now in their efforts to limit the height of the Pierhouse structure adjacent to Pier […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park States Its Case in Pierhouse View Dispute
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation has provided us with a link to part of the visual presentation that accompanied Park Corporation VP for Real Estate David Lowin’s talk at last Wednesday’s Community Advisory Council meeting. The presentation shows comparative views (scroll to the bottom) in photos taken in 2008, before the National Cold Storage Warehouse […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park CAC Asks for Construction Halt, New Environmental and Financial Studies
Last night’s meeting of the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Community Advisory Council ended with the passage, by an overwhelming majority, of a resolution proposed by Council member Judi Francis, requesting (1) full disclosure of the Park’s financials; (2) a new Environmental Impact Statement taking into account new data regarding the impact of housing proposed and under […]
Tale of the Tweets: Brooklyn Bridge Park CAC Meeting 2/3/15
Here’s some Twitter chatter regarding Tuesday night’s Brooklyn Bridge CAC meeting:
Don’t Forget: Brooklyn Bridge Park CAC Meeting Tuesday Evening
The meeting of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council, originally scheduled for last Tuesday but postponed because of weather, is this Tuesday evening, February 3, at 6:30 to 9:00, at Congregation Mount Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West. According to the Eagle: Supporters of Save the View Now say they will be asking the CAC […]
DOB Issues Partial Stop Work Order on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse
According to sources familiar with the situation, the NYC Department of Buildings has issued a partial stop work order regarding construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse. This SWO applies to the second portion of the building that has recently begun construction and not the first portion which topped out earlier this month. The request was […]
Here’s a Passage from that New York Times Piece on the Pierhouse
Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a story about Save the View Now, the Brooklyn Heights based group seeking to curb the height of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse. The article mentions the 2005 agreement that Otis Pratt Pearsall struck with park officials regarding the building’s height: NYT: The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, which […]
Lena Dunham Tweets Support for Save the View Now, What Happens Next Probably Won’t Surprise You
Save the View Now, the grassroots Brooklyn Heights citizens group seeking to curb the height of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse received support Monday from a high profile resident. Girls star/creator Lena Dunham tweeted out a link to Glynnis MacNicols’ NYDN editorial about the project. Reaction from the Twitterverse was…. well… interesting: The Pierhouse topped out […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council Meets Tuesday Evening, January 27
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council will meet from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27 at Congregation Mt. Sinai, 250 Cadman Plaza West. Representatives of Save The View Now and People for Green Space/Save Pier 6 will be present, so discussion should be lively. All are invited.
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