Dear everyone, Late summer golden is upon us, but I am still dreaming green, and hope you are too. Today at 5 pm is the deadline to email brooklynbridgepark@esd.ny.gov. Please ask a friend, a (smiling?) fellow commuter, a neighbor, a student --- to email NY Empire State Development Corporation and ask our Governor to SavePier6. A 2 minute email will help shape the future of the Brooklyn waterfront, and save the beloved Brooklyn Bridge Park for the uncounted millions upon millions of future park visitors in the summer of 2016... and beyond. Written comments may be submitted by email to brooklynbridgepark@esd.ny.gov or faxed to 212-803-3778. We are hastily making decisions with permanent ramifications. I've included a link to a Brooklyn Eagle article ... some highlights ... "The Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) says that the park's own projections show almost $400 million in excess profits over 50 years, which would be transferred to the City General Fund." "“We should not be selling parkland in the main park entrance to fund the city budget,” BHA said in a suggested email to ESD." "The most controversial modification to the GPP would allow the park to build the Pier 6 towers regardless of financial need." "The city and state had originally promised they would build no more housing than is necessary to fund the park, which is mandated to be self-sufficient. The modification removes that commitment." *** Future housed residents in the park should be trees, bees, butterflies; future park visitors will be from Brooklyn and beyond. On a personal note, I admire and celebrate our Mayor’s innovative leadership in many areas, but on Pier 6, he has lost his vision. We need cities as places to live, work, eat and play. Pier 6 is an important piece of our future balanced city; precious open park and public spaces space, once lost, are lost forever. Thank you for taking a moment to ask for that one last email... to have that one last conversation with a friend about what open spaces mean for us a humans, seeking a "humanscale" urban environment ;) Xo, Lori