NYCkayaker [Fwd: Nov 26 Brooklyn Bridge Park Public Mtg]

[rob buchanan]

Tim,

Thanks for this. A few of us from floating the apple who now live in
brooklyn will be at this meeting. I think our main priority is to push for
usable landing and launch sites at regular intervals throughout the park.
But we¹re also interested in finding a place‹a boathouse or even just a
shipping container‹to base a couple of our gigs and start up a brooklyn
operation (there used to be one in red hook but it shut down due to access
issues). We¹ve also been talking a bit about building a new, slightly
smaller boat specifically designed for the east river‹a fast double/triple,
maybe with sliding seats. In any case, I think we¹d be very interested in a
mixed-use community boathouse (or two) that would serve both the paddling
and rowing communities.

What¹s happening with the plans for the Œsafe boating area¹? I read graeme¹s
analysis of the one that was originally proposed, and thought it made a
pretty good case for abandoning the whole idea.

Rob


On 11/15/07 1:42 PM, "Tim Gamble" <tgamble at syllog.com> wrote:

> 
> Hey Guys,
> 
> Can anyone make this meeting? I will be out of town. Graeme Brichall, Owen
> Foote, Sandy Sobanski, and I have been to a number of them in years past.
> 
> A bit of background (extreme simplification).
> The park is very controversial, but it is going to get built sooner or
> later. It is controversial because it includes some large residential
> luxury housing buildings that are supposed to "pay for" the park. This has
> caused complaints from people who want the park because no other park is
> self financing, why should theirs be.  The other people arrayed against it
> are wealthy people who live in Brooklyn Heights and don't want their views
> blocked, or "non neighborhood" (ie non-wealthy, non-white) people walking
> through their neighborhood to get to the park.
> 
> The original plans called for a Boathouse. So it would be nice to know if
> the Boathouse is still included in the park.
> 
> Graeme and I took the landscape architects who were working on the design
> out for a trip on the river a few years ago, we worked with Paul Seck and
> Dorthy Tang and Michael VanValkenberg Architects. I'm not sure if they are
> involved any more or not.
> 
> Graeme had a lot of interaction with the park designers about their plans
> for a "safe boating area", and wrote a long critical analysis of it to the
> people in charge, and also got a through response from them. If anyone is
> planning on going please contact him for some background on it.
> 
> Also be sure to read Graeme's document:
> http://mysite.verizon.net/Graeme_Birchall/urban-boathouse/Boathouse-design-iss
> ues.pdf
> 
> To have a critical eye toward some of the design issues.
> 
> I know everybody is busy, and probably none of us have the resources to
> actually run a Boathouse here because we are too busy with our own
> projects, but it's good to keep the powers that be focused on
> non-motorized boating in our new parks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Nov 26 Brooklyn Bridge Park Public Mtg
> From:    news at brooklynbridgepark.info
> Date:    Thu, November 15, 2007 10:38 am
> To:      tgamble at syllog.com
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Public Meeting on Programming in Brooklyn Bridge Park
> 
> Monday, November
> 26
> 6:30-9:00 pm
> Congregation Mt. Sinai
> 250 Cadman Plaza West
> Brookyn,
> NY 11201
> 
> The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, working with Empire
> State Development Corporation, New York State Parks, and New York City
> Parks, is holding a public meeting on Monday, November 26 to facilitate
> public input as part of a year-long effort to develop a strategic plan for
> programming in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
> 
> Public outreach efforts will
> include interviews and focus groups with community stakeholders, cultural,
> educational, and recreation groups, elected officials, and parks
> organizations, as well as public meetings and online research. The
> completed plan will include a timeline, financial plan, schedule for the
> roll-out of activities, and plan for available land use.
> 
> We're looking
> forward to your input and hope to see you there!
> 
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> ---------------
> Tim Gamble
> 917-721-8851
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