A few days ago, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation presented renderings of proposals for hotel and residential development at Pier 1. While the public will get a chance to comment on the plans, the Brooklyn Paper reports, "Residents and local pols are demanding that the city give them more time to digest designs for a controversial hotel, retail, and luxury condos project inside Brooklyn Bridge Park before it moves ahead with the massive project, but the city shot them down, saying it plans to move quickly, and will have a committee of unnamed officials choose a developer behind closed doors before spring." more ›