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March 17, 2007
Brooklyn Bridge Park Expects Tons of Snow & Rats
Curbed
If an arena to justify luxury towers isn't amusing enough for you, check out the nearby excitement of condos-in-a-park:
The excellent renderings aside, Brooklyn Bridge Park has been under scrutiny lately for what some people say is a budget that's been enlarged to justify condo development. Today's Metro reviews some of the details including a workforce of 53 to 94 people to look after 62 acres. Snow removal (by hand) would take up to 9,198 hours, or enough work to employ 4.4 people full-time and year-round. People that maintain the lawn sprinklers would make $45.07 an hour. And expect the park to have way more rats than the West Village KFC-Taco Bell: rat control will take 8,286 hours & 4 full-time workers. Nice lawn sprinkler gig.
NoLandGrab: And although that's a lovely rendering of skating under the bridge, NoLandGrab learned from the Brooklyn Bridge Park Defense Fund that salt falling from the bridge would melt the ice, making this scene impossible. Or maybe they extend the lawn sprinkler job into a year round, lawn sprinkler/salt catcher gig.
Posted by amy at March 17, 2007 12:33 PM