Brooklyn Queens Waterfront Final Presentation

Jason Crowley, Nicole Ambrose, Kate Gilmore, Julia Lewis, Richard Lowry, Mayank Patel,

Angela Serratore, Lisa Swyers, Jonathan Taylor, Max Yeston, Brooke Young

Professor Ward Dennis

BQW: Brooklyn Queens Waterfront

Columbia Street Waterfront

Vinegar Hill & Dumbo

Navy Yard &

Wallabout Bay

North Williamsburg

Greenpoint

Newtown

Creek Hunters Point

Ravenswood

Astoria

QUEENS

BROOKLYN

Brooklyn Heights Waterfront

South Williamsburg

MANHATTAN

OBJECTIVE HISTORY CURRENT CONTEXT CURRENT INTERPRETATION PROPOSED INTERPRETATION NEXT STEPS CONCLUSION

(Bing Maps)


Aerial view of New York City looking north, December 1951

(NYC Municipal Archives)


Ratzer Map, 1770

(New York Society Library)


Bird’s eye view of the property of New York Dock Co., 1911

(Flatbush Gardener blog)


Eberhard Pencil Factory, Greenpoint, c1940s


Industries along Newtown Creek in Queens

(Brooklyn Historical Society)


Raw Sugar Being Delivered to the Domino

Sugar Refinery, 1951

(Brooklyn Eagle)


Greenpoint Waterfront, 2012


An abandoned pier and a railway gantry in Hallett’s Cove, Astoria, 2012


Pot Cove, Astoria, 2012


Schaefer Landing apartments Williamsburg, 2012


Brooklyn Bridge Park, 2011

(via Google Images)


Gantry State Park and Residential Towers, 2012




Navy Yard &

Wallabout Bay

North Williamsburg

Greenpoint

Newtown

Creek Hunters Point

Ravenswood

Astoria

QUEENS

BROOKLYN


South Williamsburg

MANHATTAN


New Netherland Colony, 1639

"Manatvs gelegen op de Noot Riuier"

(Library of Congress)


A View of New Amsterdam from Brooklyn, 1640

(Museum of the City of New York)


Fulton Ferry boat Union built in 1836 (1859 print)

(New York Public Library)


Currier & Ives Lithograph of Proposed Ravenswood Waterfront

after Alexander Jackson Davis’s Sketches, c1836

(Greater Astoria Historical Society)

Ravenswood, c1873

(NYPL Digital Collections)

A view of Brooklyn Heights, c1838

(MCNY Digital Collections)


Proposed Ferry Line Between Greenpoint and Manhattan, 1839

(Brooklyn Historical Society)


Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1830

(Museum of the City of New York)


Erie Canal boats anchored for the Winter at East River Docks, c1880

(Giclee Prints, allposters.com)


The Route of the Erie Canal, 1815–1825

(Roy Winkelman)


Warehouses and Grain Elevators in Brooklyn, c1880

(oldprintshop.com)


Map of New York & Erie Rail Road, 1855



Map of Pennsylvania Railroad, 1899

(Rutgers University)


A view of Greenpoint from Hunters point, looking over Newtown Creek, 1885


Williamsburg Sugar Refineries, 1885


USS Monitor, 1862

(US Navy Archival Collection)


Brooklyn Cooperage Works, Greenpoint, 1911

(Department of Docks & Ferries)


“Standard Oil Co., a Horrible Monster,” 1880

New York Daily Graphic


Gold Street, 1934

(NYPL Digital Library)


Astral Apartments constructed in 1886, 2012


BEDT Advertisements, c1911

(Brooklyn Daily Eagle)


Wallabout Market, 1936



Aerial View of Wallabout Market, c1932

(Trainweb.com)


Brooklyn Terminal, Brooklyn Bridge, c1903

(Detroit Publishing Company)


Queensboro Bridge, 1912



Manhattan Bridge from Washington Street, 1908



1924 BMT Elevated Subway Map

(nycsubway.org)


Battery Tunnel

Battery Tunnel Under Construction, c1944

(NY Times Photo Archives)


Aerial View of Brooklyn Queens Expressway Under Construction, c1951

(Corbis Images)

Brooklyn Queens Expressway Under Construction, c1952

(via Flickr)


1919-39

Raymond Vernon, Metropolis 1985 (1960)


Queensbridge Houses, c1939

(NY Times Archives)


The current building footprint super imposed on the 1908 E. Belcher Hyde Map


Shipping Container Yard, Port Elizabeth, NJ, 2012

(Maritimeconnector.com)


Empire Stores and the Brooklyn Bridge, 1974

(Fulton Ferry National Historic District Nomination)


Big Allis, 2009

(via Flickr)



Manhattan Bridge, 1974

(Denny Lyon, National Archives and Records Administration)


Shore Towers constructed in 1989, Astoria


LIRR Power Station, 1911 Industrial site prior to residential conversion

(Tom Flagg)

Converted to The PowerHouse Condominiums in 2008


Proposed Towers and two piers

(Clarke Pelli Architects)


Greenpoint Manufacturing & Design Center, 2010

(via Flickr)


Bird’s Eye View of Brooklyn Navy Yard, 2011

(Hisblog.ryanandheidi.com)



A view of East River from the Manhattan Bridge looking north, 2012

Columbia Street Waterfront, 2009

(PlaNYC 2030)


Columbia Street Waterfront, 2012


Brooklyn Heights Waterfront, 2010

(via Flickr)


Brooklyn Heights Waterfront, 2012


Vinegar Hill/DUMBO, 2012


Vinegar Hill/DUMBO, 2012


Navy Yard/Wallabout Bay, 2012


Navy Yard/Wallabout Bay, 2011

(via Flickr)


Williamsburg, 2012


Williamsburg, 2012


Greenpoint, 2012


Greenpoint, 2012


Newtown Creek, 2012


Newtown Creek, 2012


Hunters Point, 2012


Hunters Point, 2012


Ravenswood, 2012

(Google Maps)


Ravenswood, 2008

(Wikimedia commons)


Astoria, 2012


Astoria, 2012


CITYWIDE

ENTIRE WATERFRONT

NEIGHBORHOOD BASED

STAKEHOLDERS


Plaques, 2006

(flickriver.com)


Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6, 2012

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1, 2010

(via Google Images)


2011

(dumbonyc.com)

2011

(forgotten-ny.com)


2011

(dumbonyc.com)

Entrance, 2012 Interior Hallway, 2012


Gantry State Park, 2012

Gantry Plaza Signage, 2012


East River State Park, 2009

(via Google Images)

East River State Park Signage, 2011

(via Google Images)


Newtown Creek Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt

(NYC.gov)


Brooklyn Greenaway Map, 2012

(Brooklyn Waterfront Greenaway)


(via Google Images)

(via Google Images) (via Google Images)


“Ravenswood: City as Living Laboratory”

by Mary Miss, 2012

(The Noguchi Museum)

“River Shoreline Walk” by George Trakas, 2012


“River Shoreline Walk” by George Trakas, 2012




Attempts to renew

access to the

waterfront

Placed informative

plaques or signage

that address the

invisible and visible

historic narrative

Incorporated historic

fabric into their current

use

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

STRENGTHS

Incorporated fabric is

often manipulated and

removed from its

original location

There is a lack of a

sense that this is a

historic industrial

corridor

Neighborhoods are

disconnected from the

waterfront heritage

WEAKNESSES


Interpret the river as a significant industrial,

residential and recreational corridor

Interpret what is visible and invisible

Tell stories that don't just focus on the buildings

Raise public awareness of the Brooklyn/Queens

Waterfront heritage

INTERPRETATION STRATEGY


MACRO

INTERPRETATION TOOLS

MICRO

Signage Tumblr Foursquare QR Codes Playing Cards

East River Ferry:

Tour Brochures and Podcasts

Astoria and Ravenswood

Podcasts



HERITAGE CORRIDOR TUMBLR FOURSQUARE PLAYING CARDS QR CODES ERF TOURS PODCASTS

HERITAGE CORRIDOR



Navy Yard &

Wallabout Bay

North Williamsburg

Greenpoint

Newtown

Creek Hunters Point

Ravenswood

Astoria

QUEENS

BROOKLYN


South Williamsburg

MANHATTAN

HERITAGE CORRIDOR

BROOKLYN/ QUEENS WATERFRONT

HERITAGE CORRIDOR



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TUMBLR



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FOURSQUARE



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PLAYING CARDS



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SCANNING QR CODES



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ERF PODCASTS



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Astoria Park, 2012

Astoria Pool, 1936

(NYC Parks)

ASTORIA AND RAVENSWOOD PODCASTS





PODCASTS


SIMPLE, MODULAR, & SCALABLE

PHASE I PHASE II

Signage

Tumblr

Foursquare

QR Codes

Playing Cards

East River Ferry

Tour Brochures &

Podcasts

Astoria and

Ravenswood

Podcasts


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