Baker, Mark, 80, 95, 97, 109, 111–13, 119, 144–45, 148
Bargemusic, 21
Barlow, Lisa, 119
Barnes, Julian E., 138–39
Barwick, Kent, 38, 119
Battery Park City Park (Manhattan), 43, 97, 193
Bay Area Economics (consulting firm), 177
Bay Street Landing (Staten Island), 43
Bellamy, Carol, 41, 54
Benepe, Adrian, 6, 148, 156, 161, 176, 176, 201
Berman, Herb, 134
Beyer Blinder Belle (architectural firm), 51–52, 60
Bland, Fred, 29–30, 43, 54, 114–16
Bloom, Olga, 21
Bloomberg, Michael, 147, 176; and city development, role of, 1, 160–61, 170–72, 174, 179–80; and community involvement, 147–48, 201; and park funding, 165, 171–73, 177–78, 194
Board of Estimate, 18, 52, 63
Boerum Hill, 53
Borrone, Lillian C., 104, 127
Bowe, Nancy, 158, 167
Bowles, Paul and Jane, 13
Brezenoff, Stanley, 81, 89
Bridge, The (Crane), 15
Britten, Benjamin, 13
Brookhart, Barbara, 110
Brooklyn: arts and entertainment in, 21, 159, 179–80, 189–91, 195; government of, 96, 134, 142, 148–49; history of, 2–15; real-estate development in, 27, 63, 76–77, 96–97, 110; recreational resources in, 4, 47, 51, 56, 66, 193, 201, 203; and scenic-view protection, 2–3, 18, 27–29, 32–36, 44–46, 55–56, 60, 66, 80–81, 86–87, 90–91, 193, 195; waterfront and shipping industry in, 2–17, 14, 17, 19, 24–26, 28–29, 32, 51, 191, 203. See also specific neighborhoods
Brooklyn Academy of Music, 179
Brooklyn Bridge, 11–15, 73, 86, 91, 120, 183. See also Brooklyn Bridge Park: and inter-bridge area
Brooklyn Bridge Park: and inter-bridge area, 111–13, 120–24, 135, 144, 167; Community Advisory Council of, 173, 202; programmed activities in, and use of, 137–38, 149, 159–60, 165–67, 189, 189–91. See also Harbor Park
DESIGN OF: 183, 188; awards and recognition for, 192; Brooklyn Bridge Park Illustrative Master Plan, 127–28, 129, 136, 139–42, 140, 141, 146–47, 151–58, 173, 180; and Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation, 111–13, 117, 120–22, 132–39; General Project Plan, 153–58, 162, 166, 168, 184, 193; Harbor Park as model for, 58–61; hybrid model for, 67, 68, 69; landscape design, 2, 128–30, 152–53, 182, 184, 186, 188, 188–89, 191–92; and Memorandum of Understanding, 146, 147, 149–52; process and proposals for, 43, 47–49, 52–53, 80, 90–92, 157–66, 198–200
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF: and budget planning, 152, 154, 161, 165, 173–74; and housing and commercial development, 4, 51–62, 75, 79, 82, 89–92, 100, 153–57, 162, 176–78, 193–94; and hybrid and pure park concepts, 47–48, 150; and Memorandum of Understanding, 152–58; and Port Authority development proposals, 34–36, 43, 47–57, 60–62, 70, 89; public discussion of, 5–7, 21, 48, 82–83, 118, 130–31; success in, 4–6, 193–94
FUNDING OF: from Brooklyn government, 134–35, 143–44; from New York City, 6, 113, 133–34, 165, 170–72, 174, 177–78, 192–94; from New York State, 100–101, 106, 110, 123, 169–72; from private investors, 85, 181, 187, 193; need for public, 5–6, 107, 111, 133–36, 142–46, 149–51, 153–55, 161; role of planning organizations in, 80–83, 134, 142–49. See also commercial development; housing, development of
PIERS OF: Pier 1, 1, 141, 174–76, 175, 176, 183, 184, 188, 189, 193, 195; Pier 2, 172, 177, 182, 184, 185, 190, 195; Pier 3, 103–4, 115, 184, 194–95; Pier 4, 145, 149, 196, 196; Pier 5, 27, 160, 160, 182, 184, 196, 197, 198; Pier 6, 152, 154, 165, 173, 177–80, 182–84, 192–93, 199, 202
PLANNING STUDIES FOR: “Comprehensive Waterfront Plan,” 93; Development Concepts for the Brooklyn Piers, 31–32, 35–39, 42–43; Economic Viability Study, 71, 110; of environmental impact, 100–101, 135, 152–53, 157, 163; Future of the Piers, 42–49, 55, 67, 68, 69, 200; “Harbor Park,” 58–59; “Warehouse Re-use,” 82–85, 84, 87
Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition: community involvement in, 3–7, 74, 118, 128–34; funding of, 98, 102, 110–12, 115, 118–20, 123, 135–36, 142; and government support for park, 95–97, 106–9, 111–12, 124–26, 132–34; leadership and mission of, 3–6, 70–82, 88, 90–92, 97–98, 100–101, 104–5, 113–20; and planning and housing debate, 76–77, 79–80, 82, 89, 93, 147, 154
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, 133; and construction and programming, 151, 159–60, 165–66, 174–76, 187, 189, 191; leadership and mission of, 75, 149–50, 194, 201; and planning and housing debate, 154–57, 161–63
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBP Corporation), 133; Committee on Alternatives to Housing (CAH) of, 173, 176–78; and construction and programming, 174–81, 189–91; leadership and mission of, 172–76, 194; and planning and housing debate, 176–78, 192–93
Brooklyn Bridge Park Defense Fund, 156, 162, 166
Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation: and design and construction, 146–47, 149–52, 161–65; leadership and mission of, 6–7, 146–47, 162; and public planning, 157–58, 165–66
Brooklyn Bridge Park Illustrative Master Plan (Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschuler), 127–28, 129, 136, 139–42, 140, 141, 146–47, 151–58, 173, 180
Brooklyn Bridge Park Plaza, 194–95
Brooklyn Bridge Park Summer Film Festival, 137–38, 149, 159, 167, 189
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, 106
Brooklyn Heights: community involvement in, 41–42, 45, 49, 70–74, 86–87, 90, 118–19, 121–22; development of, 11, 15–16, 25–27; history and historic preservation of, 8, 10–16, 26–38, 162; and park planning process, 18, 28–38, 42–45, 50–51, 54, 60–62, 66–74, 79, 85
Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA): community involvement in, 40–41, 118; and housing and commercial development, 16, 167–68, 179; organization and leadership of, 3, 5, 106, 108, 116; and park planning process, 25–30, 38–39, 63–65, 79, 93; Piers Committee of, 3, 40–67, 70, 72, 79, 193, 200; Waterfront Committee of, 5, 28–38, 40–43, 70, 114
Brooklyn Heights Paper, 35
Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, 36, 47, 121
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, 16, 27, 44, 56, 60, 77, 91, 145, 193
Brooklyn Navy Yard, 53, 203
Brooklyn–Queens Expressway, 15–17, 25
Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation (LDC): community involvement in, 120–21, 126–31, 136, 139, 151, 159; design and financial responsibilities of, 117, 120, 125–36, 139–42, 146, 155–56; funding of, 105–10, 139, 149; organization and leadership of, 105–12, 115–18, 124–25, 201–2; and public planning, 127–30, 139
Brooklyn Waterfront Task Force, 106–7
Brooks, Greg, 105–6, 136
Bryant, William Cullen, 66
Buckhurst Fish Hutton Katz (BFHK; planning and design firm), 43, 47, 55–56, 58, 68, 69, 200
Bush Terminal Piers Park (Brooklyn), 203
Bushwick Inlet Park (Brooklyn), 203
Buttenwieser, Ann, 159
Butzel, Albert, 119, 123–24, 135–36, 142, 152
Campbell, Robert, 38–39
“Camperdown Elm” (Moore), 66–67
Carey, Hugh, 207n.27
Caro, Robert, 64–65
Carr, Lynch, Hack and Sandell (urban-design firm), 81
Carroll Gardens, 70
Central Park (Manhattan), 4, 65–67, 193, 200–201
Central Park Conservancy, 119, 130
charrettes (public planning meetings), 128–31, 136, 138, 150–51, 201
Childs, David M., 38
Citizens Budget Commission, 203
City Planning Commission, 52–53
Clark, Michael, 82, 87
Clayton, Denise, 54
Clinton Hill, 53
Coady, Pat, 28
Coalition for a Harbor Park on Brooklyn Piers 1–6, 73
Cobble Hill, 53, 81, 87, 107, 130, 155, 176–78
Cobble Hill Association, 70, 93, 105
Cohen, Arthur G., 76–78
Coles, Tony, 134, 136
Coming of Age (benefit), 110
commercial development, 71; community opposition to, 2–3, 5–7, 21, 34–35, 45, 50–51; and hybrid park plans, 47–48; limitations on, 56, 146–47, 152–55; Port Authority and city proposals for, 43, 48–57, 60–62, 70, 82, 89, 91–92, 154–57; and private investors, 96–97; and public planning, 5–7, 21, 34–35, 45, 48, 50–51, 82–83, 88–92, 118, 130–31. See also Brooklyn Bridge Park: financial sustainability of; housing, development of
Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation and Industry (State Assembly), 101–2
Community Board 6 (CB6), 41, 70, 80, 106, 126
Community Board 2 (CB2): and commercial development, 3, 52–55, 57–58, 63, 79–81, 200; Piers Subcommittee of, 41, 52–61, 70, 72, 79–80, 98, 102; and planning process, 60–61, 67–68, 102, 106, 126
Community Conservation and Improvement Council, 66
community involvement: and Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition, 3–7, 74, 118, 128–34, 137–38; in Brooklyn Heights, 40–42, 45, 49, 70–74, 86–87, 90, 118–19, 121–22; and Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation, 120–21, 126–31, 136, 139, 151, 159; and charrettes, 128–31, 136, 138, 150–51, 201; in housing debate, 16, 30, 44–45, 56–57, 72, 79, 93, 154–58; importance of, 6, 100, 194, 200–201, 203; and opposition to commercial development, 2–3, 5–7, 21, 34–35, 45, 50–51; and volunteer service, 2, 145, 187–91, 203
Community School Districts, 47, 137
“Comprehensive Waterfront Plan” (Department of City Planning), 93
Connor, Martin, 147; and Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition, 61, 75, 104, 116; and park funding, 50–51, 93, 102, 104–7, 125, 143–44, 148
Consolidated Edison, 18–19, 182
containerization, 16–17, 19, 24–26, 51. See also maritime industry
Copin, Jessica, 169–70
Crane, Benjamin, 44–45, 47, 150, 198
Crane, Hart, 15
Crane, Kate, 138
Crane, Michael, 167
Cravath, Swaine & Moore (law firm), 104–5
“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (Whitman), 1, 10
Cuite, Thomas, 23
Cuomo, Mario, 76–77, 88, 98–101
Curll, Joyce, 28
Dadey, Dick, 119, 128, 131, 134, 147, 152–53
Daly, Eileen, 60
Damon, Candace, 127, 130–31, 201
Davidson, Peter, 119, 171–73, 176
Davis, Roselle, 65–66
de Blasio, Bill, 176, 192–94
Democratic General Committee, 64
Democratic Task Force on Waterfront Development, 50–52
Department of City Planning, 31–33, 36, 52, 60–61, 63, 109, 112
Department of Economic Development (New York State), 98, 101–2
Department of Environmental Conservation (New York City), 194
Department of General Services (New York City), 23
Department of Parks and Recreation (New York City), 148, 149
Department of Ports and Terminals (New York City), 19, 21–23, 30–31
Development Concepts for the Brooklyn Piers (Halcyon), 31–33, 35–39, 42–43
Diario, El, 119
DiBrienza, Stephen, 85, 104–5
Dinkins, David, 76
Doctoroff, Daniel, 146, 147, 154, 165, 172
Dongan, Thomas, 13
Dongan Charter of the City of New York (1686), 13
“Draft Report on Alternatives to Housing” (Committee on Alternatives to Housing), 177
Drake, Susannah, 165–66
Dugan, Eileen C., 50–51, 61, 75, 90, 93, 98, 99, 101–2, 104–7
Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), 17, 103, 113, 135, 140, 153, 176–78
Dumbo Neighborhood Association (DNA), 167–68
Dunlap, David, 61, 76
East River, 7, 22, 192
Economic Development Corporation (EDC), 96–97
Economic Viability Study: Piers Sector, Brooklyn Bridge Park (Praedium Group), 71, 110
education: environmental, 184, 189–91, 191, 194; and park programs and events, 2, 4, 91, 106, 133, 137, 191
Education Advisory Council, 137
Eliasson, Olafur, 165
Empire–Fulton Ferry State Park, 21, 86, 102–3, 120, 144, 148, 180–82, 181, 190
Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), 106–7, 136, 153, 156–57, 162, 169–73, 193. See also Urban Development Corporation
Empire Stores, 11, 11, 18–19, 28, 179, 192, 195
Environmental Education Center, 184, 194
environmental impact: of noise and air pollution, 2, 92, 182, 195, 198; and park planning, 4–5, 39, 46, 100–101, 135, 142, 152–53, 157, 163; and sound-attenuating hills, 2, 182, 195, 198
Faneuil Hall (Boston), 22
Farber, E. C., 19
Favuzzi, Maria, 63, 70–71, 74–75, 78, 80, 112, 116
ferry service, 8–12, 17, 43, 192, 198
Fife, Barbara J., 38
financial crisis (2008), 4, 169–70
financial recession (1973–1975), 22
Fisher, Kenneth, 6, 87, 104–5, 108, 116, 121, 134–35, 148
Fisherman’s Wharf (San Francisco), 22
Fort Greene, 53
Fox, Tom, 72–75, 77–78, 80–83, 86–88, 97, 113, 116, 200
Francis, Judi, 156–57, 166, 178
Fulton, Robert, 195
Fulton Ferry, 10, 21, 53, 107, 111, 134
Fulton Ferry Landing (Brooklyn), 2, 14, 17–19, 50, 74–75, 86, 93, 133, 195
Fulton Ferry Landing Association, 93, 108, 167, 179
Future of the Piers: Planning and Design Criteria for Brooklyn Piers 1–6 (Buckhurst Fish Hutton Katz), 42–49, 55, 67, 68, 69, 200
Gallent, Martin, 34
Gargano, Charles, 136, 147, 148
Garrity, Tracey, 39
Gelber, Marilyn, 78, 86, 88
General Project Plan, 153–58, 162, 166, 168, 184, 193
Gindroz, Ray, 120
Giuliani, Rudolph, 103, 121, 123, 134, 139, 143–44
Glen, Alicia, 193
Golden, Howard, 84, 96; and commercial development, 23, 77, 79, 103, 105, 108–9; and park funding, 134–35, 143–44; and park oversight authority, 82–87, 90, 95–96, 100, 105–6, 108–9; and political support for park, 75, 88–90, 116, 134–35, 147–48
Goldmark, Peter C., 24
Green Guerillas, 72, 75
Greenwich Village, 12–13
Griesa, Thomas P., 207n.27
Gutman, Hank, 156, 159
Gypsy Rose Lee (Rose Louise Hovick), 13
Hack, Gary, 81–82, 85
Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschuler (HR&A; consulting firm), 127–28, 139, 154, 201
Hand, Scott, 27–29, 36–43, 46, 55–58, 63–67, 74–75, 79, 200
Harbor Park, 58–61, 59, 63, 70–73, 71, 74, 102
“Harbor Park: A Maritime and Public Use Development on the Brooklyn Piers” (Schnadelbach Partnership), 58–60
Harbor Place (Baltimore), 22
Harlem, 34, 66
Harris, Patricia, 161, 163
Hasty, John Dozier, 41
Heckscher, Morrison, 200
Heilbron, Susan M., 23
High Line (Manhattan), 4–5
historic preservation, 18–19, 28, 46, 66, 90, 162
Holt, Dennis, 138–39
Hooglandt, Cornelis Dircksen, 8
housing, development of: affordable, 192–93; and financial sustainability of park, 79, 82, 89–92, 100, 154–55, 162, 167–68, 176–78, 193–94; government proposals for, 3–4, 32–33, 44–46, 52–61, 81–82, 193–94; mixed-use and hybrid plans for, 46–47, 55–56, 58, 67, 76–77, 79–80, 88–89, 200; opposition to, 16, 30, 44–45, 56–57, 72, 79, 93, 154–58, 162, 173, 176–79, 192–93, 200
Howard, Mary, 134
Hudson, Henry, 7–8
Hudson River, 8, 22, 66, 72, 207n.27
Hudson River Park (Manhattan), 75, 97, 113, 123–24, 155, 188, 193
, 202
Hughes, Hubbard & Reed (law firm), 27
Hurricane Sandy, 4, 186–88
Hutton, Ernest, 43, 45–46
“In Brooklyn Heights, a Spotlight on 87 Neglected Acres” (Lyons), 33
International Longshoremen’s Association, 23, 107
James, Henry, 66
Jane’s Carousel, 181, 181, 186–87, 187, 195
Janner, Irene, 47–49, 54, 56–57, 115
Jehovah’s Witnesses. See Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
jobs, creation of, 2, 21–22, 31, 34, 55, 88, 90–92, 110
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr., 121
Klein, Jennifer, 174
Kleiner, Theodore, 33
Knipel, Lawrence, 156
Koch, Edward, 3, 22–23, 31, 48–49, 207n.27
Koval, Marianna, 119–26, 132–39, 142–45, 147–51, 154–61, 164, 166–67, 203
Kramer, David, 159–60, 176
Krogius, Henrik, 41–42, 60, 116
Laird, Joshua, 123, 146
Lander, Brad, 176, 177
Landmarks Conservancy, 41, 179
Landmarks Preservation Commission, 18–19, 162
Landmarks Preservation Law (1965), 28
land use, 30, 39, 52, 163, 179–80
LaRocco, Philip, 31–32, 43, 47, 54–55
League of Conservation Voters, 121
Leaves of Grass (Whitman), 10
Lenape Nation, 7, 192. See also Native Americans
Leone, Sebastian, 19
Leventer, Wendy, 152–53, 158, 162–63
Levin, Steve, 177, 179
Lhota, Joe, 134
Liberty State Park (New Jersey), 50
Lieber, Robert, 171–73, 176
Liebman, Ted, 38, 42–43, 58, 82, 88
Lila, Bianca, 119
Lipper, Kenneth, 102
Logue, Edward J., 38
Lyons, Richard D., 33
Mailer, Norman, 34–35, 41
Main Street lot, 20, 148
Main Street Playground, 148, 149, 186
Manhattan Bridge, 17, 111–13, 181, 191. See also Brooklyn Bridge Park: and inter-bridge area
Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, 194
Manheim, Anthony, 96, 150; and Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition, 70, 75–76, 78–88, 101, 105–7, 109–11, 113–17; and government plans for piers, 25–37, 95–99, 104–10; leadership role of, 6, 40, 150, 198, 200; and mixed-use development and housing debate, 67, 99–100, 104, 156–57; and Piers Committee, 38, 40–43, 53–57, 61, 67