tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337615402011-04-21T15:16:03.060-04:00This is where you'll find the latest info from The Brooklyn Bridge Park Defense Fund, a grassroots organization dedicated to creating a world-class park along the Brooklyn Waterfront. Find out more at http://www.parkdefense.org.BBPDFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12064403458031540861noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33761540.post-1157222357655114422006-09-02T14:33:00.000-04:002006-09-02T14:39:17.663-04:00<a href="http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=933&type_id=5">Here</a> is an interesting article about why the current BBP does not work, and how it could.<br /><br /><blockquote>The park's site promises an unprecedented opportunity to create a great new public space that will be Brooklyn's face to the world. Unfortunately, the current plan by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates calls for little more than a passive recreational park dominated by luxury housing. The concept for the park has been radically degraded from the ideas that emerged from a successful community-based process in 2001, during which an extensive and much admired series of public hearings yielded a master plan laid out by Ken Greenberg Associates. What remains now is basically a huge developer-driven residential real estate project tacked on to a series of isolated one-dimensional uses -- either large-scale recreation or passive parks and walkways -- that will effectively prevent Brooklyn residents from getting the most out of their prime waterfront.</blockquote><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=933&type_id=5">Read More</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33761540-115722235765511442?l=bbpdf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>BBPDFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12064403458031540861noreply@blogger.com