Posts with tag brooklyn bridge park

It was, perhaps, the best real estate deal in New York City history: For one lousy buck, New York State bought 172 acres of land less than 800 yards from lower Manhattan. Governors Island, the former military base and Coast Guard stomping ground, was going to be, at times, a park, an oasis of affordable housing or a theme... Continue Reading »

It would be reductive to say that it took 20 years for Brooklyn Bridge Park to open. It truly is a feat to create a brand new, and quite grand, city park when the Governor of New York State has been closing parks everywhere else. To do it in a recession, when housing prices are still falling and lots of New Yorkers are out... Continue Reading »