Friday, March 09, 2018

Another Hammer For the IMBY Toolbox


There are so many new architecturally related  online applications available to us keyboard voyeurs it's hard to keep au courant.  If you're literally still hiding in the bushes, old school, this NY City Parks Capital Project Tracker will allow you to keep an eye on the cities shrubbery from your darkened saferoom. Quit venturing outside sans sunscreen. Go forth and ride the waves of government transparency from your waterbeds, my dear 400lb readers.



EVERY JOB,  EVERY BOROUGH,  EVERY BUCK SPENT. Let's go visit the ongoing reconstruction of The Butterfly Gardens in Brooklyn's South Slope neighborhood.

ZOOM MORE MAPS. ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM

SPENDING $637,000, I NEED DETAILS!   EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT. WANT TO KNOW HOW WE BUILD PARKS? CLICK HERE

 BUTTERFLY GARDEN FUTURE PATIO SEATING AREA WITH WATER FOUNTAIN.  LOCAL GRADE SCHOOLS USE AND MAINTAIN THE PLANTINGS.  PS10 HOLDS ITS ANNUAL BUTTERFLY DAY CELEBRATION IN THE PARK.
CLOSED WHILE REPAVING WALKWAYS.
 7TH AVENUE ENTRANCE.
PROJECT COMPLETION DATE? SEPTEMBER 2018

STURDY NEW FENCES GOING IN

18TH STREET ENTANCE.