A History of Brooklyn Bridge Park

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by Nancy Webster


  maritime industry, 2, 12–13, 16–17, 19, 24–26, 32, 51

  Markowitz, Marty, 147, 148, 176

  Master Plan. See Brooklyn Bridge Park Illustrative Master Plan

  McCabe, Joan Griffin, 104–5

  McCullers, Carson, 13

  McGuire, James, 143

  McLean, Malcolm, 16

  Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), 146–47, 150–51, 153–54, 173, 177–78

  Metropolitan Opera, 189

  MetroTech Center, 135

  Millennium Park (Chicago), 193

  Millman, Joan, 105–7, 116, 121, 136, 147, 148, 172–73, 176, 177–80

  mixed-use development, 33–35, 46, 55–58, 69, 91, 98–100, 154, 200

  Montvel-Cohen, Tom, 135, 150

  Moogan, James, 152–53

  Moore, Marianne, 66–67

  Morrison, Allen, 61

  Moses, Robert, 15–16, 36, 60, 64–66, 173, 176

  Mucha, Zenia, 143

  Municipal Art Society, 21, 41, 72, 119, 192

  Murphy, Mary Ellen, 54

  Myer, Regina, 161, 163–65, 164, 172, 176, 176–78, 180–82, 201

  Nadler, Jerrold, 104–5

  National Park Service, 179

  National Register of Historic Places, 18

  Native Americans, 7, 92, 191

  Natural Resources Defense Council, 121

  Neighborhood Open Space Coalition, 72, 121

  neighborhood preservation, 3, 27–28, 35, 63–64, 67–68, 70–71

  Neptune Foundation, 159

  New Jersey, ports in, 19, 24–26, 32, 50–51

  New York City: and commercial development of piers, 31, 60; funding of park by, 6, 113, 133–34, 165, 170–72, 174, 177–78, 192–94; historic preservation in, 18–19, 28, 46, 66, 90, 162; neighborhood preservation in, 3, 27–28, 35; planning and history of, 4–6, 8–15, 9, 64–66; transportation and shipping industry in, 2, 12–13, 15–18, 19, 24–26, 32, 51

  New York City Charter, 52

  New York City College of Technology, 137

  New York City’s Waterfront: A Plan for Development (Public Development Corporation), 31, 41

  New York Dock Company, 12, 16

  New York Post, 87

  New York State, 13, 50–51, 100, 169–73, 194

  New York Times, 33–35, 42, 87, 138–39, 158

  Nouvel, Jean, 122, 187

  Offensend, David, 61, 124, 169, 202

  Office of Economic Development, 23

  Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (New York State), 19, 21, 102, 112, 152, 159, 180

  O’Keefe, Michael “Buzzy,” 19–20, 120, 134

  Old Brooklyn Waterfront Alliance, 112

  Olmsted, Frederick Law, 60, 73, 201

  O’Neill, Hugh B., 76

  Open Space Coalition, 41

  “Origins of Brooklyn Bridge Park, The” (Hand and Pearsall), 200

  Otey, Anne-Marie, 95

  oversight by public entity, 74–75, 85–88, 90–93, 95–97, 100–101, 105–7, 146, 172. See also Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation; Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation

  Park Community Council, 158

  Parks Council, 41, 121

  Parsekian, Robert, 30

  Pataki, George, 101, 110, 139, 142–44, 146–48, 147, 160–61, 170–73

  Paterson, David, 1, 170, 172, 174, 176

  Pearsall, Otis, 27–29, 35–38, 41–43, 51–58, 62–67, 79, 193, 198–200

  People for Green Space Foundation, 193

  Pierrepont, Hezekiah Beers, 8–10, 15

  “Pop-Up Park,” 165–66

  Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: and Brooklyn government, 95–96; and Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation, 125–27, 136, 142–45, 160; and city and state government, 30–33, 41–47, 50–54, 100; Commission on Ports and Terminals of, 28, 31, 139–42; Department of World Trade and Economic Development of, 31–33, 60; formation and mission of, 23–25; and housing use, 54–61, 193–94, 200, 203; and neighborhood preservation, 63–64, 67–68, 70–71; and park oversight, 90–92; and planning for piers, 2–3, 16, 81, 84, 88–90, 152, 160–61, 203; Port Commerce Department of, 127; and private development, 25–30, 32–34, 36–39, 64, 76–78, 95–97, 104–5, 111; Task Force for the Brooklyn Piers of, 33–35

  Praedium Group (consulting firm), 71, 110

  Preservation League of New York State, 179

  Presidio Park (San Francisco), 193

  private investment. See commercial development

  Prospect Park (Brooklyn), 4, 66, 193, 201

  public access, 29, 46, 79–80, 90–91, 130–31, 153, 159

  Public Art Fund, 163, 165

  Public Development Corporation (PDC), 31–33, 52, 81, 87, 109

  Public Service Commission, 16

  “public trust doctrine,” 156–57

  “pure park,” concept of, 29, 55–56, 61, 67, 150, 200

  Purnell, Ethel, 57–58

  Race, Brad, 135–36, 143

  racial and ethnic groups, 34, 66, 130–31, 138–39, 159

  Raggi, Reena, 104

  Rattner, Donald, 144

  Ratzner, Bernard, 9

  recreation: active versus passive, debate about, 3, 91, 130–31, 150; activities, 50, 91, 189–91, 196; facilities for, 2, 47, 150, 189–91, 196, 197, 199; swimming pools, 50, 157, 159–60, 160, 166, 189–91

  Red Hook, 16, 25

  Red Hook Innovation District, 203

  Reiss, Marcia, 119

  religious leaders, 137

  Renzini, Jerry J., 53, 75

  revenue sources. See Brooklyn Bridge Park: funding of; commercial development

  Richmond, Frederick W., 23

  River Café, 19–21, 120

  Riverside Park (Manhattan), 50, 66

  Riverwalk (Manhattan), 43

  Roebling, Emily Warren, 12

  Roebling, John Augustus, 11

  Roebling, Washington, 11–12, 15

  Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow, 130

  Rohde, David, 102–3

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 13, 101

  Rubin, Robert, 82, 88, 98

  Sagalyn, Lynne, 82

  St. Ann’s Warehouse, 179–80, 195

  Salazar, Kenneth, 179

  Salinger, J. D., 66

  Save the View Now (STVN), 193

  Schnadelbach, Terry, 58–60, 63, 71, 73, 74, 82

  schools and youth organizations, 47, 137, 191. See also education

  Schwartz, Rita, 29, 52–54

  Searle, Linda W., 24

  Segal, Martin, 41

  September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on, 4, 144–45, 150

  shipping industry, 2, 12–13, 16–17, 19, 24–26, 32, 51

  Shostal, Claude, 119

  Siegel, Dorothy, 178

  Sierra Club, 121, 156–57

  Silberstein, Lee, 87

  Silverstein, Larry A., 22, 76–78

  Sirefman, Josh, 127, 158, 161, 165

  “Sixteen Guiding Principles” (Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition), 86

  Sloane, Roy, 70, 88, 156–57

  Smith, Nanette, 161

  Snug Harbor (Staten Island), 43

  socioeconomic groups, 130–31

  Solarz, Stephen, 75

  South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, 203

  South Street Seaport (Manhattan), 22

  Spitzer, Eliot, 169–70

  Squadron, Daniel, 172–73, 176, 177–80

  Starr, Roger, 38

  Stone, Franklin, 105, 126

  Strober Organization (building-supply company), 103–5, 110

  Stuckey, James, 31, 41, 48–49

  Sturz, Herbert, 36

  Stuyvesant, Peter, 8

  “Summary Progress Report” (Manheim), 94

  Sunset Park, 203

  Sunset Samba (benefit), 133–34

  Swerdloe, Allen, 111

  Tammany Hall, 64

  Tese, Vincent, 85, 88, 90, 95–96, 98, 102

  “13 Guiding Principles to Govern Redevelopment on the Downtown Brooklyn Waterfront” (Broo
klyn Bridge Park Coalition), 90–93, 95, 97, 100, 147, 150, 193–94

  Tobacco Warehouse, 11, 19, 28, 159, 179, 195

  Tobin, Austin J., 18

  Towns, Edolphus, 104–5

  Townsend, Alair, 37–38

  transportation, public, 80, 92, 159, 192

  Trust for Public Land, 201

  Tweed, William M. “Boss,” 64

  Twin, Stephanie, 75

  Two Trees Management Company (real-estate developer), 102, 103, 111–13, 120–23, 135, 148, 179

  Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, 52

  Urban Development Corporation (UDC), 38, 81, 85, 95–101, 106–7, 109. See also Empire State Development Corporation

  urban planning and development, 4, 31, 38–39, 60, 64–66, 81, 201–2

  Urbanski, Matt, 128, 151–52, 163

  VanderPutten, Gary, 107, 109, 111–12, 119–21, 155, 167

  Van Valkenburgh, Michael, 128–30, 136, 151–52, 154, 163, 188, 192

  Velázquez, Nydia, 104–5, 159, 179, 191

  Vitaliano, Eric, 179

  Wadsworth, John S., Jr., 41

  Wagner, Robert F., 23

  Wald, Richard C., 65

  Walentas, David, 102–3, 107, 112, 113, 117, 121–23, 135, 181, 187

  Walentas, Jane, 181, 187

  “Warehouse Re-use” (Hack), 82–85, 84, 87

  Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 26–27, 167, 177–78

  Waterfalls (Eliasson), 165

  Waterfront Development Watch, 138–39, 144

  Waterfront Matters (newsletter), 120, 133, 154

  Watts, John, 147; organizational leadership of, 41, 82, 88, 97–98, 108, 114, 123, 198; and planning and development, 67, 101, 121, 136, 148, 150

  Webster, Nancy, 145, 167–68, 176

  Weiner, Earl, 28, 31–32, 42, 46

  Westway (Manhattan), 22, 49, 72, 207n.27

  Whelan, Tensie, 113–25

  Whitman, Walt, 1, 10–11, 66

  wildlife, 7, 72, 191–92

  Winslow, George, 36

  Witty, Joanne, 113, 124–28, 131, 136, 139, 144, 147, 163

  Woods, Bill, 60

  Woods, Wilbur, 33–34

  Yassky, David, 147, 148

  Zeferetti, Leo C., 23

  Zisser, Michael H., 38, 43

  zoning, 39, 41–42, 63, 163, 177

  PLATE 1

  PLATE 2

  PLATE 3 (FIGURE 19)

  PLATE 4 (FIGURE 27)

  PLATE 5 (FIGURE 28)

  PLATE 6 (FIGURE 30)

  PLATE 7 (FIGURE 31)

  PLATE 8 (FIGURE 32)

  PLATE 9 (FIGURE 33)

  PLATE 10 (FIGURE 39)

  PLATE 11 (FIGURE 41)

  PLATE 12 (FIGURE 36)

  PLATE 13 (FIGURE 37)

  PLATE 14 (FIGURE 43)

  PLATE 15 (FIGURE 44)

  PLATE 16 (FIGURE 46)

  PLATE 17 (FIGURE 47)

  PLATE 18 (FIGURE 45)

  PLATE 19 (FIGURE 38)

  PLATE 20 (FIGURE 48)

 

 

 


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