OPINION: Transformative Brooklyn in a new century
Nothing bespeaks awareness of planning for the new century in Brooklyn better than the office of Tucker Reed, head of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP). Recently, under the auspices of the DBP, the forward vision of Brooklyn Strand has developed plans to enhance more than 50 acres of public space to form better human connections between new development and ’50s-era infrastructure that surrounds us.
And more sweeping is the planning and oversight of a new century of growth in Brooklyn that has far surpassed the similar expansion, which developed more slowly after Brooklyn merged with greater NYC in 1898.
Crain’s recently published an inspirational report (http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160420/OPINION/160419960/the-brooklyn-boom-could-get-much-bigger-heres-how) from Reed and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams that proclaims, “The Brooklyn boom could get much bigger… Here’s how to unlock the borough’s commercial potential before it becomes victim of its own success.”