Now at Fort Greene Park: Landscape Architect A.E. Bye Design in the 1970s
After: NYC Parks Without Borders Plaza Design Proposal for Fort Greene Park
Friends of Fort Greene Park opposes NYC Parks design proposal to pave over an estimated 13,314 squar feet of open greenery.
The new fencing scheme would limit freedom of movement the corner currently offers to all park users.
The proposed plaza would be wider than the Central Park Mall.
Fort Greene Park: 30 acres
Central Park: 843 acres
-- Anna Quinn, Patch
The city didn't follow a landscape architect's recommendations in their renovation plans for Fort Greene Park and then tried to hide those recommendations from the public
"We couldn't help but wonder what the text under all those black splotches said, and why the Parks Department would not want us to see it," attorney Michael Gruen said. "The more adamantly they refused, the more curious we became. In the end, we learned that the report gave sensible advice — and Parks refused to follow it."
"The recommendations from an expert of Nancy Owens' caliber are in line with community feedback.," FFGP President Ling Hsu said. "Over 500 petitioners have said all along to repair, not to pave over greenery with a hardscape plaza for commercial events in our beloved park."