Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 Open
March 22nd, 2010
Pier 1 of the Brooklyn Bridge Park opened today. This adds 6 acres of park along 1,300 feet of promenade along the East River and 2.5 acres of lawn with views of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline. Granite, salvaged from the Roosevelt Island Bridge was used to make a ‘sitting deck’ to view the most incredible sunsets in the world. According to the plan, Pier 1′s concessions will include an elevated wine bar, scheduled for opening in July.
(Photo by thoth1618)
For more info, go to the brooklynbridgepark.org website.
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March 22nd, 2010 at 2:30 pm
That looks beautiful. Can't wait to visit the Brooklyn Bridge Park. I like the 'green' use of the reclaimed granite from the Roosevelt Island Bridge.
March 22nd, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Beautiful park! But can someone explain why the marching band was playing “Thriller?”
March 22nd, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Because, like Michael Jackson, the people behind the park are a bunch of ego-maniacal, xenophobic, money-grubbing liars who hide behind various masks to deceive and manipulate. The park, also like Michael Jackson, looks new and exciting from the outside, but beneath the shiny veneer, mismanagement and financial disaster festers. Perhaps “Smooth Criminal” would have been a better choice.
March 23rd, 2010 at 8:38 am
thanks bubbles. now please crawl back into your whole along with everyone else who feels the need to complain about every single thing that is done to improve blighted areas. to sum up your way of thinking… storage sheds on the brooklyn water front? fantastic! a pit of unused train tracks on atlantic avenue? theyre beautiful! cadman plaza park – aka, the dust bowl? no reason to improve it! why dont you just shut it, stop suppporting unnnecessary and costly lawsuits, and enjoy living in one of the great cities of the world that is being made even better.
March 23rd, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Bubbles says nothing that suggest she/he is against development in general or the park, per se. What Bubbles suggests is accurate and anyone who has followed development of the park or developments in the area (be it Dock St., Atlantic Yards, or this park) knows that corruption and filthy back-room deals abound. I'm not about to tell you to shut up as you did to Bubbles (everyone has a right to speak their mind) but it would seem to me that to respond with such invective and hostility to what I, at least, read as a harmless quip, leads me to believe you have a gargantuan stick embedded in a most uncomfortable part of your anatomy. (And speaking of that part of the anatomy, I believe you meant “hole,” not “whole.” It's OK. You're excused. It's clearly not the first time you've been wrong.)
March 23rd, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Bubbles says nothing that suggest she/he is against development in general or the park, per se. What Bubbles suggests is accurate and anyone who has followed development of the park or developments in the area (be it Dock St., Atlantic Yards, or this park) knows that corruption and filthy back-room deals abound. I'm not about to tell you to shut up as you did to Bubbles (everyone has a right to speak their mind) but it would seem to me that to respond with such invective and hostility to what I, at least, read as a harmless quip, leads me to believe you have a gargantuan stick embedded in a most uncomfortable part of your anatomy. (And speaking of that part of the anatomy, I believe you meant “hole,” not “whole.” It's OK. You're excused. It's clearly not the first time you've been wrong.)
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