Bushwick: Municipal Tag

Brooklyn, NY - upfromflames - Thursday, June 28th, 2007 : goo

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HPD? Who’s that?

No, Bushwick watchers, that’s no simple tag to be found on Bushwick Ave between Melrose and Noll Streets.

That is the mark of the Dept. of Housing Preservation, and Development

That shuttered row of buildings on the east side of the street is an example of urban renewal in action—the process of eminent domain.

design plan from "Transforming the Landscape", courtesy HPD

Within the scope of the design plan above, this will be a park plaza. This is part of the Rheingold Rennaisance Development to the North, and part of the West Bushwick Urban Renewal Area.

In this long struggling corner of Bushwick, the future is creeping up. The map points the way, the shuddered stores wait in graffiti'd patience for the wrecking ball and a better future.

photo taken by Steve Bluestone, courtesy the Bluestone Organization

To read more about the Rheingold Development:

www.waterfronttrust.com/pdfs/ibe2001bushwick.pdf

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