COMMUNITY BOARD 2 JANUARY 11, 2021
WILLOUGHBY SQUARE OPEN SPACE NEW YORK CITY 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) FLATBUSH AVENUE
BROOKLYN BROOKLYN SAVANNA DEVELOPMENT (141 WILLOUGHBY STREET)
Manhattan New Jersey WILLOUGHBY WILLOUGHBY STREET SQUARE
Brooklyn AVA DOBRO Staten Island BROOKLYN POINT MIXED USE - RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL
BRIDGE STREET
DUFFIELD STREET ALOT WILLOUGHBY FLATBUSH AVENUE
GOLD STREET / ALBEE SQUARE (W HOTELS) SQUARE
CITY NTS
East Brooklyn SHERATON Bridge BROOKLYN River Park
Cadman Navy Plaza Flatbush Ave Ext Yard Flushing Ave Clark St Cadman Plaza W Commodore Barry Park 227 DUFFIELD 230 DUFFIELD ST STREET Pierrepont St Brooklyn-Queens Expwy Tillary St (TOWNHOUSE)
Johnson St HOTEL INDIGO CITY POINT (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