tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493041581007170280.post3164148410445708791..comments2023-05-22T11:06:12.443-04:00Comments on Cobble Hill Association: Brooklyn Bridge Park Closer to RealityDave 'Paco' Abrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17918397456642171509noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493041581007170280.post-12952514808202055462010-03-18T14:32:54.009-04:002010-03-18T14:32:54.009-04:00Like Senator Squadron, I’m a big supporter of the ...Like Senator Squadron, I’m a big supporter of the park and am excited to see that the city takeover will clear the way for a partial opening this spring as well as a full build-out, but I am skeptical of some of the things he’s proposing – some of this sounds like buildings that could go just about anywhere. Does a floating pool make any environmental sense at all? Also, the “recreational bubble” on Pier 5 – until I see some kind of image that makes this look good, what I anticipate is that this will be some ugly, second-rate, energy-gobbling (hot in the summer, cold in the winter), monstrosity. Would you give up five acres of Prospect Park for something like that? <br /><br />Also, I understand why nobody wants to give up potential park space to the housing developments that are being proposed to fund park maintenance, but in my mind the jury is still out with respect to the good effect these buildings might have on noisy, noisy, noisy, vast, and inhospitable Furman Street. As compared putting up a new building on a pier, where we know it will ruin views because we remember what the old pier sheds looked like, new buildings that bring more daily life to the hostile territory of Furman street might actually be something of an improvement – not to mention one of the best ways to block noise from the BQE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com