EDC Plan: Something for Everyone to Bitch About
Seeking to strike a delicate balance between commerciala and residential interests, the EDC presented a preliminary plan for the 1.1 miles of Red Hook waterfront that runs from piers 7 to 12. The land in question includes the pier 12 ship terminal, a container port run by American Stevedoring Inc., as well as two warehouses…
Seeking to strike a delicate balance between commerciala and residential interests, the EDC presented a preliminary plan for the 1.1 miles of Red Hook waterfront that runs from piers 7 to 12. The land in question includes the pier 12 ship terminal, a container port run by American Stevedoring Inc., as well as two warehouses at 160 and 162 Imlay Street. EDC’s proposal included plans for another cruise terminal at pier 10 with adjoining hotel and convention space while piers eight and nine Pier 7 would be occupied by Phoenix Beverages, which distributes Snapple and Brooklyn Beer. Piers 8 and 9 would be reserved for more undefined industrial uses. Pier 10 would get a second cruise terminal along with adjoining hotel and convention space. From the comprehensive recap on the b61 productions, it sounds like just about every consituency found something to bitch about in the plan, with particular emphasis on jobs to traffic. Much more on the link.
Lines Being Drawn on Pier Plan [b61 productions]
10.48: your comment is “self-interested,” and by that I mean stupid.
Anon at 11.09 – Cobblestoner’s comment was “intelligent” – evolution favors those who are self-interested. Perhaps you mean what a self-interested comment?
Anon at 10:30 – don’t worry too much. Just about any hotel has “convention space.” It can mean a couple of rooms for meetings and the dreaded “breakout session.”
Now if they are thinking about another Javits Center, now that is another thing.
As long as your view isn’t blocked you like it? What an intelligent comment.
As long as it doesn’t block my view of the bay the proposal is just okay. I think I’d rather they just fix up the lots between Atlantic and Degraw on Columbia Street rather than have to put in all that extra stuff (museum, parks, more housing). I don’t mind the ports, and actually kind of like them. On the other hand, I have no idea what the passengers on the cruise ships think when they get to Red Hook, but I bet it’s not pretty.
I cringe whenever any economic development agency/group proposes convention space. I hate convention space.