Bridge ‘Park’: There must be no housing inside Brooklyn Bridge Park — and the entirety of the 85-acre open space and condo development should be protected by being formally zoned as parkland, a coalition of community leaders said on Tuesday. Comments (3).

Suckers!

By Mike McLaughlin

The Brooklyn Paper / Allison Bosworth

Bridge ‘Park’: The builders of the Brooklyn Bridge Park development shelled out more than $800,000 to tear down a building to make room for a grand public plaza — even though the city was fully intent on seizing the cleared land and delaying the park segment at least five years. Comment.

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008

Squadron: No housing in ‘Park’

By Sarah Portlock

The Brooklyn Paper / Allison Bosworth

Bridge ‘Park’: There must be no housing inside Brooklyn Bridge Park — and the entirety of the 85-acre open space and condo development must be protected by being formally zoned as parkland, a state Senate candidate said on Tuesday. Comments (2).

Monday, Aug. 18, 2008

The ‘Park’ will never be built

Editorial: Our editorial board is outraged over more incompetence — and yet another delay — at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Comments (3).

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008

The ‘park’ stops here

By Mike McLaughlin

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Bridge ‘Park’: The highly touted first phase of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park — a grand, Euro-style piazza and skating rink under the Brooklyn Bridge that was supposed to open next fall — will be delayed at least five years. Comments (3).

Been there, delayed that

Editorial: Our editorial board is outraged over more incompetence — and yet another delay — at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Comments (2).

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Bridge ‘Park’ can find no ‘Purchase’

By Mike McLaughlin

The Brooklyn Paper / Allison Bosworth

Bridge ‘Park’: Demolition teams have made short work of the iconic Purchase Building beneath the Brooklyn Bridge to clear space for a piazza that will be part of the controversial Brooklyn Bridge Park project. Comment.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Koval calling! Defends private Bridge ‘Park’ fireworks event for vets

By Gersh Kuntzman

Bridge ‘Park’: The executive director of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy defended the closure the temporary park on Pier 1 for a private fireworks-watching event on July 4. Comment.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Part of ‘Park’ will open next year; But other parts are postponed

By Mike McLaughlin

Michael Van Valkenburg Associates

Bridge ‘Park’: Decades of planning will culminate in a small, but usable, Brooklyn Bridge Park by the end of 2009, state planners promised this month — but the same officials admitted that they don’t know when, or if, key parts of the 85-acre open space and condo development will be completed because of a lack of public funding. Comments (2).

Saturday, June 21, 2008

State: Tranny flick too racy for park lineup

By Jessica Firger

Bridge ‘Park’: The transsexual punk rocker of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” was too racy for state officials, but the ax-wielding psychopath of “The Shining” was just fine for this year’s movie lineup in Empire–Fulton Ferry State Park. Comments (3).

Temp space for ‘Waterfall’ view

By Jessica Firger

dland studio

Bridge ‘Park’: The Floating Pool in the Brooklyn Bridge Park site was cool for swimmers last summer — but this year, the park will make a big splash with art lovers. Comments (1).

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Want to build Brooklyn Bridge Park? Scale it back!

Letters: The mailbag is filled with letters about Brooklyn Bridge Park, Bob Dylan’s upcoming concert, horse injuries in Prospect Park and Wal-Mart coming to New York. Comments (2).

Saturday, May 3, 2008

All drawn out

By Cristian Fleming

Bridge ‘Park’: Our artist’s weekly take on the issues of the day. Comments (1).

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Troubled bridges over ‘park’ water

By Mike McLaughlin

Bridge ‘Park’: One of the main design elements of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park is in jeopardy because it could harm underwater life. Comments (3).

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Deconstruction: Pier clearing begins for ‘Park’

By Mike McLaughlin

The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan

Bridge ‘Park’: Demolition began — for real, this time — at the proposed “Brooklyn Bridge Park” last week, even as opponents went to court to battle the housing and open space development. Comments (2).

Saturday, March 15, 2008

State begins demolition at Brooklyn Bridge ‘Park’ — then tells the press after the fact.

By Gersh Kuntzman

Bridge ‘Park’: Demolition of Brooklyn Bridge ‘Park’ begins. Comments (3).

Study: Buses will get people to ‘Park’

By Mike McLaughlin

Bridge ‘Park’: Bus them and they will come. Transportation experts went back to the future to find ways to get more people to the remote Brooklyn Bridge Park — the 85-acre open space, commercial and condo development planned for the DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights waterfront — and what they came up with is straight out of early 20th-century urban planning. Comments (1).

Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008

Supermarket could come to ‘park’

By Mike McLaughlin

Bridge ‘Park’: Suddenly, there’s going to be a supermarket in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Comments (7).

Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008

‘Park’ construction to begin with a teardown

By Adam F. Hutton

Bridge ‘Park’: After more than two decades of planning and numerous delays, construction on the Brooklyn Bridge Park is slated to begin this month. Comment.

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