Former parks commissioner Adrian Benepe on critics of the condos in Brooklyn Bridge Park: "It wasn't a park before! It was spelled out in the agreement, signed prior to Bloomberg, that a portion at the edge of the site was going to be set aside for commercial purpose, whose revenue would go to maintain the park. That was the deal to build the park." Do read the rest of this comprehensive profile of Benepe—it'll make you wish you were the parks commissioner too. [Observer; previously]
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