**THE BROOKLYN-BATTERY BRIDGE:** A Difference in Perspectives. Moses attempted to persuade the public that the impact of his bridge on Lower Manhattan would be minimal, and had his artists draw the top rendering; others saw the bridge as a "Chinese Wall" that would block the view and blight the area (center); Ole Singstad dramatized these effects in the bottom rendering.

## Work in Progress

**1. MetroTech** A $1 billion complex of high-technology offices, commercial and academic space in eight new and three renovated buildings on a 10-block, 16-acre site. Work was started in 1988. All but two office towers — one 31 stories, the other 21 — are finished and almost completely occupied. Forest City Ratner is the developer.

**2. Pierrepont Plaza** A $138 million, 19-story tower completed in 1989. Downtown Brooklyn's first new major office building in decades.

**3. Renaissance Plaza** At one time, plans called for a $200 million, 30-story hotel-office complex, but the developer, Muss Development Company of Forest Hills, Queens, has experienced repeated delays. The current proposal calls for a 19-to-30-story building, depending on how many tenants sign up, that costs from $165 to $185 million. Hilton Hotels has agreed to operate the seven-story hotel, and the Brooklyn District Attorney to be the prime office tenant.

**4. Livingston Plaza** A 12-story building completed in 1991. Fully occupied by the Transit Authority.

**5. The Gallery** The old Albee Square Mall was renovated by Forest City Ratner and reopened in 1993 with Toys 'R' Us as an anchor store.

**6. Atlantic Center** In a $200 million project, work has begun to build 378 attached homes and 800,000 square feet of retail space. Bradlees pulled out as an anchor and will be replaced by Caldor's. Forest City Ratner took

over the stalled project from Rose Associates. A setback has been the city's decision not to go ahead with renovations to the Long Island Rail Road terminal and city subway stations.

The New York Times

2/15/95

71. The Brooklyn Bridge, 1870-1883

View c. 1898, Washington Roebling

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most stunning multi-level, multi-modal transportation links ever built. A ramp across the bridge links pedestrian traffic from Brooklyn to New York. That spectacular span across the East River still provides an appealing promenade.

In addition, grade-separated channels were provided for railed transit trains and for electric trolleys. Horse-drawn lorries and carriages used the right-of-way now taken over by the automobile.