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‘Craning’ for view in B’klyn
New York Post
Jan 20Old Brooklyn, meet new Brooklyn. A plush $12 million riverside park planned for the isolated Columbia Street Waterfront District will feature views of the Manhattan skyline — and massive shipping containers. Renderings released this week show a dingy, ... »
Designs Unveiled for Columbia Street Waterfront Park
Carroll Gardens Patch
Jan 19Several local residents joined Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Regional Plan Association and elected officials for a presentation on Columbia Street Waterfront Park on Wednesday evening. The meeting, held at Union Star Theater at 101 Union Street, was a... »
Meeting on Columbia Waterfront Park Tonight
Carroll Gardens Patch
Jan 18Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and Regional Plan Association are in the midst of planning Columbia Waterfront Park, an open public space located on Columbia Street between Kane Street and Degraw Street. The location of the park is currently the construct... »
McBrooklyn: Columbia Waterfront Park Meeting; More On Brooklyn Heights Cinema; and More Brooklyn Briefs
The Brooklyn Wire
Jan 17- Join the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and Regional Plan Association for a meeting on January 18th to plan for Columbia Waterfront Park -- a new public open space on Columbia … »
2011 rewind: Brooklyn remembers one wacky year
The Brooklyn Paper
Dec 30See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.for The Brooklyn PaperTalk about a year for the record books! Ask anyone and he’ll tell you — 2011 had it all. For Brooklyn, it was the best of times — the city spared Prospect Park’s geese from another lethal gassin... »
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Possible Changes to our District and Ports
The Word On Columbia Street
Jan 27The Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Association has shared two pieces of news about our neighborhood's future. There are concerns about a proposal to split up the Columbia Waterfront District on the State Assembly map, giving us two different Assembl... »
Brad Lander to Present Overview of Port Changes
Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Assoc.
Jan 27As most in the community know, there has recently been a change in operations at the Red Hook Terminal. The departure of American Stevedoring as operator and the imminent threat by U. S. Customs to cease servicing the port are events that could have a... »
Top 10 Brooklyn Food and Drink Openings We’re Excited for in 2012
Brooklyn Based
Jan 19Our new weekly column by Brendan Spiegel digests the latest and greatest eats across Kings County. This week we’re counting down the 2012 food and drink newcomers we’re looking forward to most. → »
Meeting for the Planned Columbia Street Park
The Word On Columbia Street
Jan 18Nearly a year ago the Regional Plan Association and Brooklyn Greenway Initiative held a visioning meeting to collect suggestions from the community for a new park on Columbia Street between Kane and Degraw. Tomorrow night Brooklyn Greenway Initiativ... »
Columbia Waterfront to Get New Park Space?
BococaLand
Jan 18Ok, so there’s been a ton of crazy construction on Columbia St. recently, all having to do with building the Gowanus Flushing Tunnel. In fact, just a few weeks ago, the Yeung Sun Live Poultry shop collapsed because of the heavy duty work (gaining sighs... »