Flushing Creek Then and Now
Above: Wahnetah Boat Club in 1906.
Below: same spot in 2022.
–Rob Buchanan
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Community Boathouses
New Boathouse Rises on Newtown Creek
Although it won’t open fully for another year, construction has topped out on the new North Brooklyn Community Boathouse, which will share space in the completed building with Broadway Stages, a Greenpoint film production company.
Due to its proximity to the Pulaski Bridge, an outdoor advertising company has expressed interest in erecting a billboard atop the building (see rendering below).
What’s your first reaction to this proposal? More visual blight? A possible revenue generator for the boathouse? Or a space better used for messaging that’s in synch with the boathouse’s mission–for example, a digital ‘dashboard’ conveying real-time info on the environmental health of the creek?
–Rob Buchanan
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