Gothamist: Demolition Underway for Brooklyn Bridge Park

MaiaW

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:21:59 -0500

Let's get this thing built, people. The eyesore that's there now needs to go. Plus, so what if it looks "uninspired" - this part of Brooklyn has virtually no grassy open areas (the one real park in the area recently converted to turf) and hardly any playing fields, unless you head way down to Red Hook. This will serve the community well.

MFer

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:19:06 -0500

Interesting how blue the water is on these pics. TKaisen is right about the opposition. I went to one of those public hearings. By the end of it you'd think the rats and drug pushers were the endangered species in Washington Square Park.

ScienceMike

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:30:20 -0500

Agreed--I want to use the park now, not in 20 years. And I'm no fan of the condos, but let's not kid ourselves. They're not the reason the park will be cut off from Brooklyn Heights. The BQE is.

MT

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:48:11 -0500

Talk about too many fingers in the pot . . . Why can't people just let it be built. It will be a vast improvement over what's there now.

TKaisen

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:47:08 -0500

The Sierra Club objects to the “wave-calming systems and floating walkways” that are to be installed along five piers in the park to encourage kayakers, because the system could hurt East River marine life Ugh. Can one project in New York be done without ridiculous opposition? "No, keep the giant concrete mounds in Washington Square Park. They give it character." No they don't, they're fucking concrete mounds.