Time and spatial..
History of the site
There is a history of conflict within Green point, between the first Dutch settlers and the native Indians. Such as in 1638, Dutch West Indian Company negotiated the purchase of Greenpoint from the Indians.
In 1790, Ferry service has established. Greenpoint was dominated by the two competing ferry operators that carried farm products to markets in Lower Manhattan. Each ferry operated established an independent series of gated roads leading to their ferries.
The majority of transport was by boat and most of the settlement was involved with the water.
- Towards the end of the 20th century, residential areas were starting to be created from the old industrial buildings.
- Creative arts was becoming recognised in the area around the same time
- This increased the rent to make in one of Brooklyn’s highest rental areas
- Recent years have brought about a building proposition to introduce around 16,700 new residents with cheaper market rate housing
20th-century to present:
After a long history as a stable, working-class neighborhood and immigrant haven, Greenpoint began to see some of the effects of gentrification by the 1980s. The New York Times noted extraordinary rent increases and displacement as early as 1986, mirroring the pattern of residential conversions of industrial buildings seen in nearby Williamsburg, as well as the similar formation of a smaller art community. Today, rents in Greenpoint are among Brooklyn's highest, and new construction is prevalent on streets where most buildings date back up to a century.
Heritage surroundings
- Picture of Greenpoint houses
Greenpoint (pronounced Greenpernt in those gangster movies of the 1930s) is a quiet, ordered, and orderly community of discrete ethnic populations, with a central charming historic district all but unknown to outsiders, even those in neighbouring sectors of Brooklyn.
Greenpoint Historical District:
Location - roughly from Java to Calyer Sts., Franklin to Manhattan Aves.
Notes - A rich trove of intact churches with both row and freestanding housing. Pride of ownership here translates into buildings maintained (for the most part) in their original shape.
Greenpoint Home for the Aged:
Architect- Theobald Engeldhardt
Location- 137 Oak St. at the head of Guernsey St. N side.
Date- 1887
Style- Italianate
Notes- An eclectic brick mansion with Italianate massing and Romanesque Revival arches.
Reference: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GPT/gpt.htm
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GPT/gpt-history.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpoint,_Brooklyn
Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at the Bushwick inlet, on the southeast by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg, on the north by Newtown Creek and Long Island City, Queens at the Pulaski Bridge, and on the west by the East River. Originally farmland (many of the farm owners family names ie; Meserole and Calyer still name the streets), the residential core of Greenpoint was built on parcels divided during the 19th century with rope factories and lumber yards spanning the East River to the west, while the northeastern section along the Newtown Creek through East Williamsburg became an industrial maritime reach.
Where the Greenpoint Historic District roughly bounded by Kent, Calyer, Noble, and Franklin Sts., Clifford Pl. Lorimer St. and Manhattan Ave., the market rate housing maybe suitable to place around this location. It is a historic district and has many interesting architecture. Additionally, it has churches, schools and parks, etc interesting facts within the area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpoint,_Brooklyn
- Architectural Heritage Map
http://ragette.org/greenpoint%20architecture/aiamain.htm
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