It's finally time to vote. The Community Board has placed
the two items the Q cherishes most onto the agenda for next Tuesday night's
meeting. It's public, and your thoughts and attendance are most welcome. I'm
extremely proud of everyone involved, since it's a mammoth task to get the
attention of City agencies and to move forward with BIG ideas. And these are
very big indeed.
Tuesday, April 23, 7PM
Middle School 61 Auditorium
400 Empire Blvd at New York Avenue
We decided to present the two at the same time on the same night
to allow the most people possible to see and hear
the presentations and to share on them. Come out and share folks. Let's see
your faces!
Up first is the fabulous Flatbush Trees project, as
conceived by local artist David Eppley and coordinated and partnered with PLG Arts. The
proposal itself won committee support from CB9, and has led to a whole
discussion of the use of the plaza generally. And so now, sketches and design
ideas have been generated beyond Eppley's excellent long-term temporary public
art project to retake the entire parking lot from the "squatters"
parking there and build something permanent for the whole community, perhaps
even changing the entrance to the train station to make better use of the
plaza. Below are both Eppley's junior-high-school student aided art piece, then
Johannes Knesl's initial designs for the whole plaza:
Then
after David shows his design, look for the Parkside Project crew to
tell you all about the plans, hatched 100% in conjunction with DOT's
Plaza Program, to deal with the plaza in front of the Q at Parkside. In
Cho's latest design below, and a new website is up:
See you there...
1 comment:
The presentations were great and its seemed like there was a lot of support for both projects from those in attendance. It is really amazing what Rudy, Ing and David have put together for these two sites.
Will the tree pits and trees in front of Pioneer happen this year?
Where will the money come from for the FLatbush Trees project?
Post a Comment