When Mayor Bloomberg persuaded the local community to go along with rezoning the Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront district from manufacturing to residential back in 2005, he sweetened the deal with big promises of idyllic waterfront parkland to placate the locals who couldn't afford to live in the fancy condos on the river's edge. Well, promises, promises: Because of budget difficulties, the community is now being told the city doesn't have the money to buy the property to complete Bushwick Inlet Park. These are hard times—even Bloomberg himself has to make do with a modest vacation cottage out on Long Island.
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Oops, No Money For Promised Bushwick Inlet Park on Williamsburg, Greenpoint Waterfont
Power Plant Denied Park Rights
The drawn out saga of the Williamsburg Power Plant may be coming closer to an end; Curbed notes that TransGas Energy Systems lost its latest bid for the "right to build a new power plant on land earmarked for Bushwick Inlet Park." While the company can still appeal, it does look like gentrifiers will be suntanning on the former Bayside Oil site soon enough! (For those keeping track, that's on Kent and North 12th.) More fine print here.
Pols Provide Park Giving Williamsburg Another New Look
As the freelancer crowd was just rolling out of bed today and starting to think about where their post-holiday drunch would be coming from, many were hit this morning with a terrifying site: suits taking over their neighborhood! Not to worry though, skinny jeans are still here to stay and the fancy pants come in peace—it's all in the name of leisure.That's because Mayor Bloomberg, Marty Markowitz, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and a few other pols came down to the Williamsburg waterfront to break ground on Bushwick Inlet Park.
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