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
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
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
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