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Originally Posted by NYguy
Part of it will be a park, or not an official park (they say its not a park). But other areas are left to private development, which could be a number of things, except residential or casinos.
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Wait... it can be anything BUT residential or casinos? Why would you want to exclude two of the most in-demand land uses from the island? NY has an obvious housing shortage. I imagine housing a short ferry ride away from Downtown would be in high demand. People have shown that they'll put up with an astonishing amount of inconvenience to be in/close to NY.
A bridge across Buttermilk Channel would be nice, but you could also make do with a car ferry to the foot of Atlantic Avenue for the residents and visitors.
The only other land use that might work here are working-waterfront industrial businesses, but they can't be ones that handle cargo because, after all, it's an island with nowhere for the cargo to go. So we're looking at ship repair, police/fire docks, etc.