World-class museum proposed for North Brooklyn waterfront
Photo by John Niedermeyer
Community group Town Square Inc. is proposing a museum for the Williamsburg or Greenpoint waterfronts. From Brooklyn Paper:
Town Square Inc. is looking for a waterfront site in Williamsburg and Greenpoint that could host a world-class facility on the scale of Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History or the New York Hall of Science in Queens in the next six years.
“We want this to be one of the things on the list when you are a visitor to New York City,” said co-organizer Darrick Borowski. “We want you to cross the East River to come here.”
The museum will have interactive exhibits, an educational center, and scientists in residence.
“We’re looking for scientists who are interested in art and artists who are interested in science,” said Borowski. “We want to highlight the intersection between those two.”
It sounds like the project is still very much in it’s infancy, but an interesting idea nonetheless. Read more at Brooklyn Paper.
…well, yes, sounds amazing, BUT do we really want to lose the very last untouched spots on the waterfront!?
The recreational value, of for example the park at N7th in Brooklyn, is absolutely invaluable!
(Read this in your best Dr. Evil voice)……And now a museum….My gentrification scheme is proceeding according to plan……let’s sell those condos for ONE MILL-Y-ON DOLLARS….(evil cackle)….