Closing Bell: Two Trees Talks Dock Street Development
DumboNYC posted the vid above about a public information session in which Two Trees described its proposal to build an apartment building, school, retail and parking on Dock Street. In the clip, Jed Walentas gestures at renderings, describing where the project would be (“my mom’s carousel is up in the building over here,” etc.) and…
DumboNYC posted the vid above about a public information session in which Two Trees described its proposal to build an apartment building, school, retail and parking on Dock Street. In the clip, Jed Walentas gestures at renderings, describing where the project would be (“my mom’s carousel is up in the building over here,” etc.) and says it would result in more than 400 parking spots after the 200 currently on the site are done away. Walentas also says it’s Two Trees’ “hope” that the DOE will want to operate a public middle-school on the property. All told, the hotly contested development would have three buildings, one rising to 17 stories, one at 8 stories, and one built to 2 stories, with 400 apartments and 10,000-square-feet of retail. In order for the proposal to move forward, the site’s zoning needs to be changed from manufacturing to mixed-use.
Two Trees Presentation Video for Dock Street Building [DumboNYC]
this is 11:29 again: you know, I’ve listened to the anti-Dock St people who are out some weekends on Montague and they sound a little like 12;23. when they talk about contextual zoning, and I say, well, this would be in scale with ALL the surrounding Witnesses operations, they just go nuts. When I ask about their visuals (that are drawn from the POV of a cockroach), they go nuts.
I’m open to being against this thing. I just haven’t heard anything convincing from the opposition. Sorry.
“as they defile and destroy our shared cultural landmarks!” cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo
You are a Two Tree’s employee. If not you are an easily deceived and easily duped sucker. I have a bridge for sale. Would you like to purchase it? Oh I forgot you’ll let Two Trees sell the bridge out for you! They get the money you get nothing. But at least they’ll do a “quality conversion” as they defile and destroy our shared cultural landmarks!
say what you want, but two trees has been a pretty good developer for Dumbo. quality conversions, actively seek out cultural groups and cut them deals, don’t rent to every chain out there (they’ve turned people down).
And the building code for schools are very different than for regular buildings. They just can’t ADD a school to existing buildings. They can — and have — gotten a dayacre in there finally.
I suspect the plan will be trimmed back, the school size will double, and we’ll end up with a pretty nice compromise. This is their golden egg after all — they have more invested in not destroying the area as the rest of us.
(now — go ahead and post that I’m a two trees employee.. bcs I know people can’t have opinions here that might go against the PC view without that accusation.)
oh no! a new building is going to ruin our community! please halt this grotesque development so my views of the bridge are preserved in the over-priced apt i bought at the height of the real estate bubble! how dare the developer tempt the unclean masses with a free space to educate their offspring. boo freaking hoo.
The school is merely the sugar to get the lousy medicine down the throat of the community. They know that the proposed building is entirely to large, inappropiate and out of context. They are hoping to take advantage of anxious parents of school age children to support this awful development in order to build support. Funny, when asked in the past, they wouldn’t allow any schools in their existing buildings. ? I guess they waited until it served their,and not the commuintys, purpose!
I looked at 70 Washington and it was very clear those buildings would — or could — go up. People were either stupid to buy or thought they had 4-5 years to live there and enjoy their views and then sell to some other loser who won’t read the prospectus at all.
oh lordy please protect our multi-million dollar views! oh no, another building going up near the Brooklyn Bridge! the entitled whinghers of the DUMBO elite are just getting started. Develop Don’t Destroy DUMBO! i’ll let you idiots use that one for free.
I’m surprised only 20 apartments are for sale at 70 Washington. You’d think everyone would be selling due to the prospect of this Dock Street monstrosity!