Brooklyn Bridge Park On Fast Track
Despite all the disagreement and controversy swirling around the decision to use residential development to finance the construction of a public park, planners are now predicting that the park may be completed in 2010, two years earlier than originally anticipated. Some critics are skeptical: “It’s a race. They’re just trying to ram the development through,”…

Despite all the disagreement and controversy swirling around the decision to use residential development to finance the construction of a public park, planners are now predicting that the park may be completed in 2010, two years earlier than originally anticipated. Some critics are skeptical: “It’s a race. They’re just trying to ram the development through,” says outspoken opponent Roy Sloane of the Cobble Hill Association. But Judy Stanton of the Brooklyn Heights Association, which has been largely supportive of the plan, said: “We’re eager to have a park. I just hope the speed will not come at the expense of design improvements and other improvements that we’ve been seeking.”
Park May Open Early [NY Daily News]
You should be more specific: residential development is being used to help pay for MAINTENANCE not construction of the park. The annual upkeep, due to the infrastructure involved in so much coast line, piers, etc, is supposedly around $15 million annually. It is going to be amazing — we all hope the tower will be smaller, but the overall picture is one to look forward to.
Does it say where this 30-story (or less) building is supposed to be located?
Crain Insider today actually sites an unknown source as saying building will now begin by 2007. And the 30-story building could be cut down a bit. I don’t fully trust that — but that’s what it says.