5 Koval, interview.
6 Dennis Holt, “Park Coalition Fundraiser Becomes a Victory Party,” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, June 15, 2000.
7 Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy [Coalition], Waterfront Matters 2, no. 2 (2000).
8 Holt, “Park Coalition Fundraiser.”
9 Ken Fisher, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, August 25, 2014.
10 Tom Montvel-Cohen, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 26, 2014.
11 Koval, interview.
12 Albert Butzel, interview by David Shirley, September 12, 2014.
13 Greg Brooks, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 18, 2014.
14 Quoted in Wendy Froede, “Let the Planning Begin! Planners, Public Draw Wish List for Heights, DUMBO Waterfront,” Park Slope Paper, November 12, 1999.
15 Koval, interview.
16 Quoted in Julian E. Barnes, “As Some Fight a Park Plan, Its Supporters See Elitism,” New York Times, August 16, 2000.
17 Dennis Holt, “Times Article Had Wrong Stress,” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, August 24, 2000.
18 Joanne Witty, interview by David Shirley, October 1, 2014.
19 Ibid.
20 Ibid.
21 Koval, interview.
22 Ibid.
23 Butzel, interview.
24 Quoted in Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 3, no. 1 (2001).
25 Gregg Birnbaum, “Pataki Boosts Park Plan in Slap at Giuliani,” New York Post, January 6, 2001.
26 Martin Connor, interview with David Shirley and Nancy Webster, April 24, 2015.
27 Ibid.
28 Ibid.
29 Quoted in Nichole M. Christian, “Long a Dream, Brooklyn Park Nears Reality,” New York Times, January 6, 2001.
30 Quoted in ibid.
31 “Mayor Giuliani Delivers Eighth and Final ‘State of the City’ Address,” New York Times, January 9, 2001.
32 Koval, interview.
33 Ibid.
34 Baker, interview.
35 Quoted in Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 4, no. 1 (2002).
36 Joshua Laird, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 17, 2014.
37 Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 4, no. 2 (2002): 11.
38 New York City, Office of the Mayor, “Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki Announce Creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park,” press release, May 2, 2002.
39 Dick Dadey, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 11, 2014.
40 Koval, interview.
41 Quoted in Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 2, no. 3 (2002).
42 Quoted in Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 5, no. 2 (2002): 1.
43 Quoted in ibid.
44 Baker, interview.
45 Koval, interview.
46 Ibid.
47 Montvel-Cohen, interview.
EIGHT. THE PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD
1 Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, Brooklyn Bridge Park Civic and Land Use Improvement Project: Modified General Project Plan (New York: Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, December 18, 2006).
2 Michael Van Valkenburgh, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 15, 2014.
3 Henrik Krogius, “What Happened to Brooklyn Bridge Park?” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 20, 2004.
4 Dick Dadey, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 11, 2014.
5 Quoted in “Selling Brooklyn Bridge Park” [editorial], New York Times, February 13, 2005.
6 Quoted in Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 7, no. 1 (2005).
7 Daniel Doctoroff, interview by David Shirley, May 18, 2014.
8 John Alschuler, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, July 2, 2014.
9 Gary VanderPutten, interview by David Shirley, April 30, 2014.
10 Quoted in Lisa Selin Davis, “The War for Brooklyn,” TimeOut, July 27–August 2, 2006.
11 Quoted in Elizabeth Stull, “Foes Sue to Stop the Park,” Brooklyn Heights Press & Cobble Hill News, May 25, 2006.
12 “Judge Dismisses Brooklyn Bridge Lawsuit,” New York Sun, November 29, 2006.
13 Adrian Benepe, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, August 22, 2014.
14 Quoted in “Judge Dismisses Brooklyn Bridge Lawsuit.”
15 Quoted in Davis, “War for Brooklyn.”
16 Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 7, no. 1 (2005).
17 Koval, interview.
18 Ibid.
19 Nancy Bowe, interview by David Shirley, September 30, 2014.
20 Josh Sirefman, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 30, 2014.
21 “Selling Brooklyn Bridge Park.”
22 Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 9, no. 1 (2007).
23 Ibid.
24 Koval, interview.
25 David Kramer, interview by David Shirley, September 10, 2014.
26 Koval interview.
27 Quoted in “Port Authority Transfers Piers to Brooklyn Bridge Park,” Brooklyn Progress, June–July 2006.
28 Quoted in Charles Hack, “Waterfront Park Clears Another Hurdle,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 1, 2006.
29 Benepe, interview.
30 Sirefman, interview.
31 Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 10, no. 1 (2008).
32 Dennis Holt, “Landmarks Commission OK’s Purchase Building’s Demolition,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, February 23, 2006.
33 Quoted in “Purchase Building Demise Angers Many,” Brooklyn Heights Courier, February 27, 2006.
34 Joanne Witty, interview by David Shirley, October 1, 2014.
35 Van Valkenburgh, interview.
36 Matt Urbanski, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 15, 2014.
37 “Brooklyn Bridge Park Gets New President,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 27, 2007.
38 Patricia Harris, interview by Nancy Webster, June 30, 2015.
39 Regina Myer, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, August 29, 2014.
40 Ibid.
41 Ibid.
42 Quoted in Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Waterfront Matters 10, no. 1 (2008).
43 Sarah Portlock, “ ‘Pop’ Over,” Brooklyn Paper, October 2, 2008.
44 Nancy Webster, interview by David Shirley, September 24, 2014.
45 Ibid.
NINE. A PARK AT LAST
1 Quoted in Stephen Witt, “New Governor Mum on Brooklyn Bridge Park—Spitzer Slaps Gag on ESDC,” Times Ledger, January 12, 2007.
2 Charles V. Bagli, “A Warning on Governor’s Island Funds,” New York Times, March 12, 2009.
3 Quoted in Dennis Holt, “Paterson Comes to Brooklyn to Show Support for the Park,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 4, 2008.
4 Quoted in Bagli, “Warning on Governor’s Island Funds.”
5 Diane Cardwell, “When Parks Rely on Private Money,” New York Times, February 5, 2010.
6 Robert Lieber, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, April 27, 2015.
7 Peter Davidson, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, April 27, 2015.
8 Daniel Doctoroff, interview by David Shirley, May 15, 2015.
9 Davidson, interview.
10 Ibid.
11 Lieber, interview.
12 Diane Cardwell, “State Agrees to Let the City Finish Brooklyn Bridge Park,” New York Times, March 9, 2010.
13 New York City, Office of the Mayor, “Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson, Senator Squadron and Assembly Member Millman Announce Agreement on Funding and Governance of Brooklyn Bridge Park,” press release, March 10, 2010.
14 Quoted in ibid.
15 Regina Myer, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, August 29, 2014.
16 Lieber, interview.
17 Quoted in “Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson and Local Off
icials Open First Section of Brooklyn Bridge Park,” State News Service, March 21, 2010.
18 Quoted in Andy Newman, “Brooklyn Bridge Park Opens, Slightly,” New York Times, March 22, 2010.
19 Jennifer Klein, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 17, 2014.
20 Adrian Benepe, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, September 22, 2014.
21 “Brooklyn Bridge Park Financing Alternatives Studies,” CityRealty: New York City Real Estate, CityRealty.com.
22 Brooklyn Bridge Park, Committee on Alternatives to Housing, Memorandum of Understanding, August 1, 2011.
23 Quoted in Lisa W. Foderaro, “Housing Deal Ensures Park in Brooklyn Will Expand,” New York Times, August 1, 2011.
24 Quoted in ibid.
25 Quoted in Mary Frost, “Opposition Coalition Split on Housing Deal,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 4, 2011.
26 Quoted in ibid.
27 Claude Scales, “Tobacco Warehouse Meeting Marked by Controversy,” Brooklyn Heights Blog, November 16, 2010.
28 Rich Calder, “Judge Rips Bldgs. Boot,” New York Post, July 13, 2011.
29 Myer, interview.
30 Quoted in Lisa W. Foderaro, “Deal Allows Development in Brooklyn Bridge Park,” New York Times, May 22, 2012.
31 Myer, interview.
32 New York State, Office of the Governor, “Governor Paterson Announces Major Step for Brooklyn Bridge Park,” press release, June 20, 2009.
33 Myer, interview.
34 Ibid.
35 Ibid.
36 New York City, Office of the Mayor, “Mayor Bloomberg Announces Approval of Development That Will Allow for Expansion and Funding of Brooklyn Bridge Park,” press release, July 21, 2013.
37 Myer, interview.
38 Ibid.
39 Matthew Parker, “Brooklyn Bridge Park Post-Hurricane Update from Regina Myer,” Brooklyn Heights Blog, November 3, 2012.
40 Quoted in Matthew DeLuca, “Jane’s Carousel Survives a Very Close Call with Hurricane Sandy,” Daily Beast, November 1, 2012.
41 Sasha Goldstein, “Jane’s Carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park Made Safe from Another Hurricane Sandy,” Daily News, September 18, 2013.
42 Michael Van Valkenburgh, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, October 15, 2014.
43 Michael Van Valkenburgh, “Perspective: How My Firm Saved Brooklyn Bridge Park from Sandy’s Fury,” Innovation by Design, October 25, 2013.
44 Quoted in Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, “BBP Releases RFP for Residential Development at BBP That Will Provide Affordable Housing and Funding for Park,” press release, May 13, 2014.
45 Josh Barbanel, “For Brooklyn Park, an Agreement That’s a Bridge Too Far,” Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2016.
46 Benjamin Crane, interview by David Shirley, February 28, 2014.
47 Morrison Hecksher, Creating Central Park (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008); Anthony Manheim, interview by David Shirley, February 25, 2015.
48 Manheim, interview.
49 Tom Fox, interview by David Shirley, February 27, 2014.
50 Benepe, interview.
51 Michael R. Bloomberg, written interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, July 2015.
52 Candace Damon, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, April 17, 2015.
53 John Alschuler, interview by David Shirley and Nancy Webster, July 2, 2015.
54 David Offensend, interview by David Shirley, May 2, 2014.
55 Marianna Koval, interview by David A. Shirley, February 25, 2014.
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