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NYguy · #**221** Posted **Aug 19, 2011, 9:15 PM**

http://www.observer.com/2011/08/rela...e-park-pier-1/

Related, Two Trees, Andre Balazs, FXFowle Among Firms Flooding Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1

By Matt Chaban
August 19, 2011

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The city reached a new development deal with the state on what exactly can be built at Brooklyn Bridge Park to help fund its maintenance. Then, two days later, the city released an RFP seeking developers for Pier 1, the first site at the park to be redeveloped.

The RFP calls for two new buildings housing a hotel and condos, with either 170 hotel rooms and 180 condo units, 225 rooms and 150 units, or some mix thereof. If there was any notion Brooklyn is still somehow a backwater, the high-profile firms vying for these two sites should dispel that idea right about… now. According to a source present at an information session held yesterday by the city, among the developers and architects present were:

•Related Companies (Hudson Yards, Time Warner Center)
•Hines (MoMA Tower, Bryant Park tower)
•Two Trees (Pretty much all of Dumbo, Mercedes House)
•Andre Balazs (Fabulous!)
•Douglaston Development (The Edge)
•Rockrose (Lots of Queens West, 200 Water Street)
•TF Cornerstone (Lots of Queens West, 505W37)
•Starwood Capital (Westin, W hotels)
•The Dermot Company (One Hanson, Battery Maritime Building)
•Muss Development (Two Brooklyn Marriotts, Sky View Parc)
•TEN Architectos (One York, Hotel Americano)
•FXFowle (FXFowle, Northside Piers)
•Rogers Marvel (Gowanus Green, State Street townhouses)
•Architetonica (MiMA, Westin Times Square)
•Artimus (Lots of Harlem: 5th on Park, SoHa)

NYguy · #**222** Posted **Aug 25, 2011, 2:27 AM**

Brownstoner.com

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011...ing-announced/
Closing Bell: Jane’s Carousel Opening Announced

By Gabby | 08/23/2011

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Jane’s Carousel will officially open on September 15th, according to an invite that went out this morning. The merry-go-round has started to be installed in its new home, a Jean Nouvel-designed pavilion on the waterfront in Dumbo.

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Brooklyn Paper

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories...ll+articles%29
Pier 5 plan moves ahead

By Kate Briquelet
August 24, 2011

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Brooklyn Bridge Park will get a major recreational facility on Pier 5 by the end of next year, city officials said on Tuesday. Park officials announced that they were seeking a developer to construct and maintain an enclosed recreational bubble with one soccer field that would be operational by the end of 2012.

“The concession structure on Pier 5 will enrich the park by encouraging year-long active recreation,” said Regina Myer, president of Brooklyn Bridge Park. The seasonal structure will be up from Dec. 1 to March 31 each year.

The five-acre Pier 5 will also house three multi-use artificial turf fields, a barbecue area, playground and a snack concession during warmer months.

NYguy · #**223** Posted **Sep 2, 2011, 4:55 AM**

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/ar...idge-park.html

A Ride With Head-Spinning Views

Workers seal the acrylic pavilion designed by the architect Jean Nouvel that houses Jane's Carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

By JOYCE WADLER
September 1, 2011

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THE journey from an Ohio theme park to Brooklyn has been long and difficult for 48 wooden horses, who today are scheduled to trot, canter, leap — O.K., be wheeled — from the Dumbo studio of Jane Walentas, the artist who spent over 20 years overseeing their restoration, to their permanent home, a carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park. It opens on Sept. 16 and will be called, naturally, Jane’s Carousel.

The carousel's permanent home in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

NYguy · #**224** Posted **Sep 3, 2011, 2:30 PM**

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NYguy · #**225** Posted **Sep 7, 2011, 3:31 PM**

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories...bk.html?comm=1

Horsing around! Jane Walentas to finally open her carousel

By Kate Briquelet
September 6, 2011

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It’s been a long ride, but Jane’s Carousel will finally open in Brooklyn Bridge Park next week — an instant waterfront icon for kids of all ages.

Jane Walentas, an artist and wife of DUMBO mega-developer David Walentas, restored the classic 1920s-era carousel and will unveil it to the public on Sept. 16, in its permanent, Jean Nouvel-designed home on the East River. The merry-go-round shines inside its $9-million acrylic pavilion with 26-foot-tall retractable walls that open during the day. At night, shades drop over the glassy shelter and every hour on the hour, revolving horses cast silhouettes across the river.

“This carousel is going to belong to the world, as a real exciting destination,” Walentas said. “Riding on this carousel at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, watching boats go by — it doesn’t get much better than this.”

NYguy · #**226** Posted **Sep 16, 2011, 5:17 PM**

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2011/0...el_opening.php

Exclusive: Chatting with Jean Nouvel at Jane's Carousel Opening

Jean Nouvel with assistant Francois Leininger at the opening of Jane's Carousel. Photo by Billy Farrell Agency, courtesy Nadine Johnson.

Friday, September 16, 2011
by Kelsey Keith

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Yesterday was the public opening of Jane's Carousel, the meticulously stored vintage carousel set inside an acrylic jewelbox designed by French starchitect Jean Nouvel, oriented at the tip of Brooklyn Bridge Park and proxy to gobsmacking views of the New York skyline. We cornered Nouvel at the end of a rainy, wind-whipped afternoon on the Dumbo waterfront and he was gracious enough to answer our questions about his history with the Walentases and all that acrylic (though inquiries about the future of Tower Verre were met with polite rebuttal).

Starchitecture on parade: Jean Nouvel's carousel house against a backdrop of 8 Spruce Street and 1 World Trade Center.

Mike Bloomberg eating popcorn, Jane Walentas, David Walentas. Photo by Billy Farrell Agency.

Bridge-mosphere. Photo by Billy Farrell Agency.

NYguy · #**227** Posted **Sep 21, 2011, 2:12 PM**

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=17565

Jane’s Carousel is a sight to behold

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Imagine a magnificent children’s carousel encased in a stunning contemporary glass pavilion designed by one of the world’s leading architects. Such a site not only exists…it’s a must see! Jane’s Carousel located in Dumbo’s Brooklyn Bridge Park on the East River opened to the public Friday. Twenty-four years in the making, it has been lovingly restored to its original splendor by local artist and Dumbo resident, Jane Walentas, and is enclosed with new ‘jewel-box’ pavilion designed by French architect Jean Nouvel.

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NYguy · #**228** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 2:53 PM**

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NYguy · #**229** Posted **Sep 29, 2011, 5:26 PM**

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RobertWalpole · #**230** Posted **Sep 29, 2011, 6:11 PM**

I walked to the end of Montague Street last week and noticed that all of the old warehouses are still on the piers along the waterfront. Does anyone know when they'll be razed and that section of the park will be built?

It would be nice if they could cover the BQE and add stairs from Montague down to the park.

Obey · #**231** Posted **Sep 29, 2011, 7:40 PM**

So is that section of the park open?

NYguy · #**232** Posted **Sep 30, 2011, 5:59 AM**

^ At least the esplanade area where the carousel is.

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Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

I walked to the end of Montague Street last week and noticed that all of the old warehouses are still on the piers along the waterfront. Does anyone know when they'll be razed and that section of the park will be built?

From the Wall Street Journal, an idea of what's open, funded, and unfunded...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj

RobertWalpole · #**233** Posted **Sep 30, 2011, 11:49 AM**

Thanks, amigo.

NYguy · #**234** Posted **Oct 29, 2011, 12:58 PM**

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NYguy · #**235** Posted **Dec 13, 2011, 12:09 AM**

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories...ll+articles%29

Rich private schools rally to save rec bubble on Pier 5

By Kate Briquelet
December 12, 2011

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coalition of area private schools wants to build a sports bubble in Brooklyn Bridge Park now that park officials have failed to do so despite a deal between state lawmakers and Mayor Bloomberg earlier this year.

Parents and staff from Brooklyn Friends School, St. Francis College, Packer Collegiate Institute and other prep schools are advocating for a regulation-sized soccer field on Pier 5 and an indoor recreation center — saying that a field suited for college play would be better for the community.

Last week, park officials approved a $19.2-million contract for three smaller artificial turf fields without the bubble, disappointing many locals who have been pushing for year-round recreation at the site — especially locals with children in area schools.

Now Councilman Steve Levin (D–Brooklyn Heights), state Sen. Daniel Squadron (D–Brooklyn Heights) and the school athletic heads are trying to convince Brooklyn Bridge Park officials to build a bigger field and release another request for developers before it’s too late.

NYguy · #**236** Posted **Dec 14, 2011, 3:23 PM**

http://therealdeal.com/newyork/artic...yn-bridge-park

State court denies city's plan for Dumbo's Tobacco Warehouse

December 14, 2011

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A New York State judge delivered a big blow to the city's plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park, Crain's reported, by ruling Monday that the city could not take over the Dumbo's historic Tobacco Warehouse and use it for private development.

The city was hoping to acquire the Tobacco Warehouse from the National Parks Service and transform it into a theater and performance hall for St. Ann's Warehouse. The city would then use the revenue generated by the project to fund Brooklyn Bridge Park's estimated $16 million annual maintenance bill and preserve the historic warehouse.

The ruling affirmed a federal court's decision earlier this year that said the city couldn't take control of the site because "it violated New York's public trust doctrine."

NYC4Life · #**237** Posted **Dec 15, 2011, 5:25 AM**

At best, the warehouse could be renovated and preserved, but nothing more. The city's proposal for the structure just seems odd. Perhaps an art gallery or museum would have better benefits.

NYguy · #**238** Posted **Jan 30, 2012, 1:58 AM**

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THE BIG APPLE · #**239** Posted **Jan 30, 2012, 8:21 PM**

Haha I don't know why I find the sign funny but it says "Jane's Carousel SINCE 2011". Maybe it's just me. But it looks great. I love how the Beekman is slowly transitioning into becoming the backdrop of every Brooklyn Bridge photo.

uaarkson · #**240** Posted **Jan 30, 2012, 8:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

It would be nice if they could cover the BQE and add stairs from Montague down to the park.

Never! That section of BQE is the most stunning stretch of road in the entire country. That may sound too auto-centric, but I've always thought that approach to the Brooklyn bridge is a classic New York experience. They could just as easily build stairs anyway.