Campaign to save Promenade’s Brooklyn Bridge view picks up steam
Petition garners hundreds of signatures; meeting planned for Saturday, Jan. 3
A Brooklyn Heights man is spearheading a campaign to save the iconic tower-to-tower view of the Brooklyn Bridge, as seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
That view – supposedly protected by the Special Scenic View District regulation — has been partially obstructed by the construction of the Pierhouse hotel and condo complex in Brooklyn Bridge Park, which exceeds a carefully-negotiated height limit of 100 feet by 30 percent.
As of Wednesday, more than 600 Brooklyn residents and visitors had signed the Change.org petition started by Steven Guterman, who has lived with his family in the Heights since 1997.