Remember the plans for that trippy Brooklyn waterfront park, announced back in the cold days of winter 2004? It's something we're going to be hearing a lot more about this fall, as the complaints that started soon after its announcement—namely, that the park's proposed 1,200 luxury apartments are a de facto giveaway to the rich—are getting a hearing next week. Meantime, Brooklyn Heights residents are threatening a lawsuit as the plan goes in front of a planning board today, and a revised master plan is due to be announced later this month.
· Park Plan a Condo Cover-Up [NYPost]
· Ribbon Cuttings: Brooklyn Bridge Park [NYTimes]
· Spectacular BQE Park Coming, Some Day, Some Day [Curbed]
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