In October, an RFP for a professional advisor was announced for the competition. A Request For Qualifica-tions for entrants is anticipated to be issued in March 2001. The Fresh Kills Landfill is a from the NY State Department of State and through the New Public Works initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts. Soon you may not have to be watching a car ad or an MTV video to enjoy the views of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline seen from the Brooklyn waterfront. The final master plan was delivered to him at the end of September.
Supporters hope that transforming the underutilized downtown Brooklyn waterfront.
There will be open areas of green, varied recreational and cultural facilities and commercial venues, which will serve to make the park partially self-sufficient. Brooklyn native Ken Greenberg of Urban Strategies, a Toronto-based planning and urban design firm, will lead the design team. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will oversee the design of the new park. We are hopeful that the Governor will commit in the next few months, says Marianna Koval of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition. The final master plan was delivered to him at the end of September.