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——. “Review and Comment: Waterfronts.” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, June 17, 1999.
——. “Waterfront Park: Getting Acts Together.” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, January 21, 1999.
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——. “Unveiling a Bold Vision for Brooklyn’s Waterfront.” New York Times, May 24, 1999.
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——. “In Brooklyn Heights, a Spotlight on 87 Neglected Acres.” New York Times, October 27, 1985.
“Mammoth Waterfront Development Might Connect Montague St. with the Piers.” Brooklyn Heights Paper, October 19–25, 1985.
“Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson and Local Officials Open First Section of Brooklyn Bridge Park.” State News Service, March 21, 2010.
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“New Coalition Director Looks to Widen Piers Park Support.” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, October 20, 1999.
Newman, Andy. “Brooklyn Bridge Park Opens, Slightly.” New York Times, March 22, 2010.
Nicolas, Joanne. “Elected Officials Close to a Deal on Piers 1–5.” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, April 1, 1991.
Nolan, James. “New York Legislators Charge Agency Is Partial to New Jersey Piers.” Journal of Commerce, September 21, 1987.
Oser, Alan S. “Perspectives: Downtown Brooklyn; Coming Attractions for Office Tenants.” New York Times, June 28, 1987.
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——. “New Threat on Piers.” Phoenix, April 16, 1992.
“Park Coalition Names Albert Butzel President; Changes Raise Question of Co-work with LDC.” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, October 13, 1999.
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“Port Authority Pier Planning Action Angers Heights Group.” Brooklyn Paper, October 24–30, 1987.
“Port Authority Transfers Piers to Brooklyn Bridge Park.” Brooklyn Progress, June–July 2006.
Portlock, Sarah. “‘Pop’ Over.” Brooklyn Paper, October 2, 2008.
“Purchase Building Demise Angers Many.” Brooklyn Heights Courier, February 27, 2006.
“Residents Push State for Brooklyn Bridge Park Creation.” Brooklyn Heights Courier, March 21–April 3, 1994.
Revkin, Andrew C. “Pataki Lists Tracts to Protect.” New York Times, November 22, 1995.
“The River Café Celebrates Its 30th Birthday.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 5, 2006.
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Rohde, David. “It’s a Park, It’s a Lumberyard.” New York Times, January 19, 1997.
——. “Neighborhood Report: Downtown Brooklyn/Brooklyn Heights—Update; Lumberyard Can Remain Park’s Unlikely Center.” New York Times, February 2, 1997.
——. “Neighborhood Report: Fulton Ferry; Fulton Landing Plan Rises from the Ashes for Another Try.” New York Times, June 15, 1997.
Scales, Claude. “Tobacco Warehouse Meeting Marked by Controversy.” Brooklyn Heights Blog, November 16, 2010.
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Tabor, Mary B. W. “Despite Opposition, Agency Plans to Sell Brooklyn Piers to Private Developer.” New York Times, April 3, 1992.
——. “Port Authority Pulls Back from Sale of Waterfront.” New York Times, April 8, 1992.
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“Tracks, Piers, Factories and Warehouses Make the Wheels of Industry Go ’Round.” Brooklyn Eagle, May 30, 1936.
Van Valkenburgh, Michael. “Perspective: How My Firm Saved Brooklyn Bridge Park from Sandy’s Fury.” Innovation by Design, October 25, 2013.
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Whelan, Tensie, and John Watts. “Letter: Walentas’ Plan ‘Inappropriate.’ ” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, June 17, 1999.
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PLANS AND REPORTS
Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporat
ion. Brooklyn Bridge Park Civic and Land Use Improvement Project: Modified General Project Plan. New York: Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, December 18, 2006.
Buckhurst Fish Hutton Katz. The Future of the Piers: Planning and Design Criteria for Brooklyn Piers 1–6. New York: Buckhurst Fish Hutton Katz, 1987.
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Halcyon Ltd. Development Concepts for the Brooklyn Piers [Halcyon Report]. Hartford, Conn.: Halcyon, 1985.
Hoffman, Deborah. “The Revitalization of Fulton Ferry: A Prototype of Waterfront Development in New York City.” New York University, Graduate School of Public Administration, July 1979.
Landmarks Preservation Commission. Dumbo Historic District Designation Report. New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, December 18, 2007.
——. Fulton Ferry Historic District Designation Report. New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1977.
New York City, Office of Downtown Brooklyn Development. Fulton Ferry. New York, April 1972.
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Praedium Group. Economic Viability Study: Piers Sector, Brooklyn Bridge Park. New York: Praedium Group, February 1997.
Schnadelbach Partnership. “Harbor Park: A Maritime and Public Use Development on the Brooklyn Piers.” May 1988.
INTERVIEWS
Alschuler, John. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, July 2, 2015.
Baker, Mark. Interview by David Shirley, February 26, 2014.
Benepe, Adrian. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 12, 2014.
Bland, Fred. Interview by David Shirley, May 1, 2014.
Bloomberg, Michael R. Written interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, July 2015.
Bowe, Nancy. Interview by David Shirley, September 30, 2014.
Brooks, Greg. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 18, 2014.
Butzel, Albert. Interview by David Shirley, September 12, 2014.
Connor, Martin. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, April 24, 2015.
Crane, Benjamin. Interview by David Shirley, February 28, 2014.
Dadey, Dick. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 11, 2014.
Damon, Candace. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, April 17, 2014.
Davidson, Peter. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, April 27, 2015.
Doctoroff, Daniel. Interview by David Shirley, May 18, 2015.
Favuzzi, Maria. Interview by David Shirley, February 25, 2014.
Fisher, Ken. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, August 25, 2014.
Fox, Tom. Interview by David Shirley, February 27, 2014.
Gelber, Marilyn. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, August 25, 2014.
Goulder, Cindy. Interview by Nancy Webster, May 12, 2015.
Harris, Patricia. Interview by Nancy Webster, June 30, 2015.
Janner, Irene. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, August 26, 2014.
Klein, Jennifer. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 17, 2014.
Koval, Marianna. Interview by David Shirley, February 25, 2014.
Kramer, David. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 10, 2014.
Laird, Joshua. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 17, 2014.
Lieber, Robert. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, April 27, 2015.
Manheim, Anthony. Interview by David Shirley, February 25, 2014.
Montvel-Cohen, Tom. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 26, 2014.
Myer, Regina. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, August 29, 2014.
Offensend, David. Interview by David Shirley, May 2, 2014.
Parsekian, Robert. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 17, 2014.
Sirefman, Josh. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 30, 2014.
Stone, Franklin. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 11, 2014.
Urbanski, Matt. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 15, 2014.
VanderPutten, Gary. Interview by David Shirley, April 30, 2014.
Van Valkenburgh, Michael. Interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 15, 2014.
Watts, John. Interview by David Shirley, February 28, 2014.
Webster, Nancy. Interview by David Shirley, September 24, 2014.
Whelan, Tensie. Interview by David Shirley, February 25, 2014.
Witty, Joanne. Interview by David Shirley, October 1, 2014.
LETTERS, MEMOS, MINUTES, AND PRESS RELEASES
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Inc. “Eileen’s Legacy.” Memorandum, April 3, 1997.
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Committee on Alternatives to Housing. Memorandum of Understanding, August 1, 2011.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition. “Gala ‘Coming of Age’ Benefit.” March 29, 1997.
——. “13 Guiding Principles to Govern Redevelopment on the Downtown Brooklyn Waterfront.” June 29, 1992.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation. “BBP Releases RFP for Residential Development at BBP That Will Provide Affordable Housing and Funding for Park.” Press release, May 13, 2014.
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Waterfront Development Committee. Meeting minutes, March 25, 1991.
Brooklyn Heights Association. Newsletter, Spring 1986.
——. Newsletter, Fall 1986.
——. Newsletter, Winter 1989.
Brooklyn Heights Association, Board of Governors. Annual Meeting minutes, May 10, 1984.
——. Annual Meeting minutes, February 5, 1985.
——. Annual Meeting minutes, Spring 1985.
——. Annual Meeting minutes, February 25, 1986.
——. Annual Meeting minutes, February 24, 1987.
——. Annual Meeting minutes, February 9, 1988.
Brooklyn Heights Coalition. Meeting minutes, April 8, 1990.
Community Board 2, Planning and District Development Committee. Meeting minutes, November 11 and 28, 1988. In Scott M. Hand and Otis Pratt Pearsall, “The Origins of Brooklyn Bridge Park, 1986–1988.” 2014. Published on the Brooklyn Historical Society catablog. http://brooklynhistory.org/docs/OriginsBrooklynBridgePark.pdf.
Favuzzi, Maria. Maria Favuzzi to Anthony Manheim and Tom Fox, March 11, 1990.
Golden, Howard. Howard Golden to Anthony Manheim, April 16, 1991.
——. Howard Golden to Mario Cuomo, December 4, 1989.
Hand, Scott. Scott Hand to Earl Weiner, May 16, 1986.
——. Scott Hand to Philip LaRocco, August 25, 1986.
LaRocco, Philip, and Alair Townsend. Press release, February 18, 1986.
Manheim, Anthony. Anthony Manheim to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition Working Group, October 14, 1990.
——. Anthony Manheim to Frank McNally, March 6, 1987.
——. Anthony Manheim to John Watts, Ted Liebman, et al. Memorandum, July 1991.
——. Anthony Manheim to John Watts, Terry Schnadelbach, et al., January 22, 1991.
——. Anthony Manheim to Mario Cuomo, January 7, 1994.
——. Anthony Manheim to Martin Connor and Eileen Dugan, February 19, 1993.
——. Anthony Manheim to the members of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition. “Summary Progress Report,” February 4, 1993.
——. Anthony Manheim to the members of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition. “Summary Progress Report,” February 23, 1993.
——. Anthony Manheim to Scott Hand, Otis Pratt Pearsall, et al., November 10, 1986.
——. Anthony Manheim to Scott Hand and Otis Pearsall, July 22, 1986.
——. Anthony Manheim to Scott Hand and Otis Pearsall, July 28, 1986.
——. Notice of General Meeting of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition, July 9, 1993.
Manheim, Anthony, and Tom Fox. Anthony Manheim and Tom Fox to Howard Golden, May 21, 1991.
New York City, Office of the Mayor. “Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson, Senator Squadron and Assembly Member Millman Announce Agreement on Development, Funding and Governance of Brooklyn Bridge Park.” Press release, March 10, 2010.
——. “Mayor Bloomberg Announces Approval of Development That Will Allow for Expansion and Funding of Brooklyn Bridge Park.” Press release, July 21, 2013.
——. “Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki Announce Creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park.” Press release, May 2, 2002.
New York State, Office of the Governor. “Governor Paterson Announces Major Step for Brooklyn Bridge Park.” Press release, June 20, 2009.
New York State Assembly, Office of Assemblywoman Eileen C. Dugan. “Assemblywoman Dugan and Senator Connor Secure a Half Million Dollar State Grant for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition.” Press release, June 23, 1996.
Pearsall, Otis. Memorandum, July 14, 1986.
——. Memorandum, November 28, 1988.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. “Brooklyn—Port Authority Marine Terminal—Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition—New Lease.” Board minutes, August 28, 1997.
——. “Port Authority Marks 50th Anniversary of Containerization at Port of New York and New Jersey.” Press release, April 25, 2006.
Stanton, Judy. Judy Stanton to Scott Hand, February 6, 1987.
INDEX
Page numbers refer to the print edition but are hyperlinked to the appropriate location in the e-book.
NUMBERS IN ITALICS REFER TO PAGES ON WHICH ILLUSTATIONS APPEAR
Alschuler, John, 127, 154–55, 201–2
American Institute of Architects, 192
American Planning Association, 192
American Stevedoring, 180
Archer, Nell, 138, 167
Ash, Carol, 180
Auden, W. H., 13
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