COMMUNITY BOARD 2 JANUARY 11, 2021

WILLOUGHBY SQUARE OPEN SPACE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

HARGREAVES JONES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LANGAN // TILLETT LIGHTING // WESLER-COHEN ASSOCIATES // DELTA FOUNTAINS // NORTHERN DESIGN CRAUL LAND SCIENTISTS // PAUL COWIE & ASSOCIATES // SITEWORKS // MILROSE CONSULTANTS THE ORATORY CHURCH OF ST 4 METROTECH CENTER DELI

BONIFACE CHURCH (1ST FL) (JP MORGAN CHASE & CO)

BROOKLYN SAVANNA DEVELOPMENT (141 WILLOUGHBY STREET)

Manhattan New Jersey WILLOUGHBY WILLOUGHBY STREET SQUARE

Brooklyn AVA DOBRO BROOKLYN POINT MIXED USE - RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL

BRIDGE STREET

DUFFIELD STREET ALOT WILLOUGHBY FLATBUSH AVENUE

GOLD STREET / (W HOTELS) SQUARE

CITY NTS

East Brooklyn SHERATON Bridge BROOKLYN River Park

Cadman Navy Plaza Flatbush Ave Ext Yard Flushing Ave Clark St W 227 DUFFIELD 230 DUFFIELD ST STREET Pierrepont St Brooklyn- Expwy Tillary St (TOWNHOUSE)

Johnson St HOTEL INDIGO (299 DUFFIELD STREET) (7 DEKALB AVENUE)

Henry St Myrtle Ave

Clinton St Ft Greene

Gold St

Duffield St Bridge St Willoughby St Park OFFERMAN Vanderbilt Ave ONE WILLOUGHBY SQUARE WILLOUGHBY Bklyn BUILDING MIXED USE - SCHOOL/OFFICE Fulton St Long Island Hospital SQUARE University Center Dekalb Ave Adams St Smith St BRIQ Hoyt St (237 DUFFIELD STREET)

Bond St Atlantic St

Nevins St THE AZURE (436 ALBEE SQUARE) Brooklyn-Queens Expwy NEIGHBORHOOD 1000’ SITE N RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE SCALE: NTS HOTEL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL

500 1000 2000

WILLOUGHBY SQUARE OPEN SPACE // PROJECT LOCATION NYCEDC // HARGREAVES JONES PAGE 2 CITY POINT ONE WILLOUGHBY 48 STORIES SQUARE: 34 STORIES

CITY POINT AVALON 48 STORIES 57 STORIES SHERATON

BROOKLYN POINT HOTEL INDIGO 57 STORIES 19 STORIES POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT - TBD

CHASE BANK

141 WILLOUGHBY ST. 23 STORIES (FUTURE DEVELOPMENT)

WILLOUGHBY SQUARE OPEN SPACE // EXISTING + FUTURE BUILDING CONTEXT NYCEDC // HARGREAVES JONES PAGE 3 WILLOUGHBY STREET N

0 30’ 60’

planting area

curb bench water element

seat wall

play area fence + gates ALBEE SQUARE W. stepped seat wall seating area movable tables + chairs

seatwall DUFFIELD STREET lawn light pole

planters trash + recycling receptacle

storage enclosure dog park maintenance area fence+gate fence walkway bollards

WILLOUGHBY SQUARE OPEN SPACE // SCHEMATIC PLAN NYCEDC // HARGREAVES JONES PAGE 4 WILLOUGHBY SQUARE OPEN SPACE // RENDERING - FROM NORTHWEST CORNER NYCEDC // HARGREAVES JONES PAGE 5 WILLOUGHBY SQUARE OPEN SPACE // RENDERING - FROM NORTHEAST CORNER NYCEDC // HARGREAVES JONES PAGE 6 WILLOUGHBY STREET N

0 30’ 60’ ALBEE SQUARE W. DUFFIELD STREET

WILLOUGHBY SQUARE OPEN SPACE // COMMEMORATIVE ELEMENT / IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM - SITE OPPORTUNITIES NYCEDC // HARGREAVES JONES PAGE 7 WILLOUGHBY SQUARE

COMMUNITY BOARD PRESENTATION KAMEELAH JANAN RASHEED PRIOR ARTWORK EXAMPLES Are We Reading Closely? , 2020 (Solo Project) Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY) 35’ x 8’ Vinyl Banners Scoring the Stacks I , 2019 (Solo Project) Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch (Brooklyn, NY) Performance, 120’ x 7’ vinyl banner, notecards Are We There Yet? (and other questions of proximity, destination, and relative comfort), 2017 (Group Exhibition, Pinchuk Art Centre - 2017 Future Generation Art Prize) Venice Biennale (Venice, IT) 7’ x 30’ fabric banner A QUESTION IS A SENTENCE DESIGNED TO ELICIT A RESPONSE. TODAY, WE WANT T KNOW WHAT THE SLOPPY FUTURE HOLDS,2018 (Group Exhibit, Something to Say) Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY) 14’ x 5.8’ Blackout Fabric Banner Selling My Black Rage to the Highest Bidder, 2018 (Group Exhibit, Aesthetics of Matter) VOLTA Art Fair (New York, NY) ~700 Sheets of Xeroxed Paper, ~1400 metal staples, Risograph Prints My husband is an essential worker. Your neighbor is an essential worker., 2020 (For Freedoms x Times Square Art) Times Square (New York, NY) Projection WILLOUGHBY SQUARE PROPOSAL - ARTWORK

Proposed Locations

Samples of Text Engraving Samples of Text Engraving Samples of Typefaces from Freedman’s Torchlight and The Ram’s Horn (both freed Blacks publication in 19th century New York) Samples of Typefaces from Black News (20th century Brooklyn) Samples of Vernacular Typefaces from Brooklyn Storefronts (Source: https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/brooklyn -store -signs/) WILLOUGHBY SQUARE PROPOSAL - PUBLIC PROGRAMMING Prompt Cards: Scoring the Stacks I, 2019 (Solo Project) Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch (Brooklyn, NY)

Prompt Cards: Perhaps, there is no sequel, 2020 (Solo Project) Platform*: Rice University - (Houston, TX)

Collaborative Writing Workshops: Left (Wendy’s Subway - Brooklyn, NY, 2019)Middle (Peterborough Public Library - Peterborough , ON, 2020) Right (Vancouver Middle School - Vancouver, BC, 2019)

Pathway 1: Pre-Postage Prompts/Questions Located at Brooklyn Library Branches

James Harper

Am y Alc a za r

Priya Jones

Pathway 2: Zoom Gatherings Pathway 3: Collaboration with Public School Teachers Pathway 4: Google Form Pathway 5: Email Correspondence