Public Space at Brooklyn Bridge Arches, near the Manhattan side under the Brooklyn Bridge
Public Space at Brooklyn Bridge Arches, near the Manhattan side under the Brooklyn Bridge ( Photo: NYC DOT)

The area, which has been closed for bridge repairs since 2010, includes the world-famous “Brooklyn Banks” skateboard area, designed by the renowned landscape architect M. Paul Freidberg (with no thought of skateboarding).

More Public Space Reopens Around Brooklyn Bridge “Arches”
22 Nov 2024 | 10:34
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As James Brown the Godfather of Soul so often exhorted, let’s “take it to the bridge!”

At first glance, the occasion—the reopening of some more runt open space under the maze of ramps coming off the Brooklyn Bridge—might not seem worthy of the progenitor of “Mother Popcorn,” “Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing’”...

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Eric Bottcher addresses reporters on Nov. 18 after a scaffolding collapse in on W. 29th St. injured three people. He was not aware at that time that a knife wielding maniac had already started a deadly spree that morning in Chelsea which would eventually claim three lives across Manhattan.
Eric Bottcher addresses reporters on Nov. 18 after a scaffolding collapse in on W. 29th St. injured three people. He was not aware at that time that a knife wielding maniac had already started a deadly spree that morning in Chelsea which would eventually claim three lives across Manhattan. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly)

Bottcher Thanks NYPD, Says Knife Attack Shows Failures of Justice, Mental Health Systems
19 Nov 2024 | 03:59

Friends,

I am heartbroken and outraged by the senseless violence that transpired in our city yesterday....

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