Renderings of the Related and Hudson Public Place Plans
Yesterday Curbed had renderings of the plans for the Public Place that Related and Hudson Cos. have submitted. We’ve slapped a few of them into the slideshow above. As noted a couple days ago, the two proposals for the 5.8-acre property at Smith and Fifth streets are very similar on paper, though Hudson’s plans call…
Yesterday Curbed had renderings of the plans for the Public Place that Related and Hudson Cos. have submitted. We’ve slapped a few of them into the slideshow above. As noted a couple days ago, the two proposals for the 5.8-acre property at Smith and Fifth streets are very similar on paper, though Hudson’s plans call for a denser development with more community/cultural space. Whichever development is chosen is going to forever alter the face of both Gowanus and Carroll Gardens, and, according to an article in the Brooklyn Eagle could be even bigger than any of these renderings suggest. If the owner of a warehouse next to the Public Place teams with the city-anointed developer, hundreds upon hundreds of residential units may be added to the plan.
Related/Monadnock Public Place Proposal Fully Revealed [Curbed]
Hudson Companies ‘Gowanus Green’ Revealed in Detail [Curbed]
Developers Could Take Double Dip Into Public Place [Brooklyn Eagle]
Vying Public Place Plans Get an Airing [Brownstoner]
I believe BUG (Brooklyn Union Gas now KeySpan) is on the hook for the cleanup. The polution is a function of the Coal Gasification plant that predated BUG. Maybe the Obama supporters ought to take a look at coal gasification accordingly.
No, the developers are not being required to fund the clean-up of the canal. First, they didn’t dirty the canal, so they’re not responsible. Second, this would be prohibitively expensive.
The Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation has been negotiating, planning–I’ve lost track of where this stands exactly–with the Army Corps of Engineers for years to clean the canal. This is not one of those situations where government can use self-interest to transfer its responsibilities to the private sector.
Are the developers being required to fund clean-up of the canal? Seems like they’d have plenty of incentive to do so, and that might be the only way any serious clean-up will ever happen. Anyone know?
We KNOW that, 2:17. Big if, indeed. That’s why we’re making jokes instead of serious comments. And thanks for the compliment — 11:10.
The posts above are all hilarious (especially 11:10). But, forgive me for making a serious comment. Not only does this site require an enormous clean-up, but so does the canal. Personally, I think the development has a lot of potential. If its done right (and that’s a big if), adding housing and parks to an area of brooklyn with soaring housing costs and a lack of green space seems like a great idea. But no matter what happens with cleaning up the ground on the site, if the Gowanus isn’t cleaned up and kept clean then this development, whether its built or not, will end in failure. What parent would let their kids play in a park that smells like the Gowanus Canal, where raw sewage overflows into the park after a heavy rain? The whole idea is nuts without a canal cleanup as part of the plan.
Bring on the two-headed babies.
That’s weird, they don’t show views of the:
asphalt plant
oil depot
subway overpass
concrete plant
and scrap metal yard.
Great air quality for the unicorns!
The unicorns and wood nymphs? They were out in their kayaks when these pictures were made.
Just wait a while for the genetic mutations to kick in.