http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 17:52:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-757729 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:32:17 +0000 whynot_31 757729@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>roux42 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-756181">said</a>:</cite><br /> I like it! </p></blockquote> <p>designers like it as well:</p> <p><a href="http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/botanic-garden-wins-major-design-prize" rel="nofollow">http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/botanic-garden-wins-major-design-prize</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-756200 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:15:58 +0000 inpixels 756200@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>"just ask an employee"</p> <p>I did -- they took my name down etc.<br /> Really nice people that work there.</p> <p>Unfortunately, I haven't heard back. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-756185 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:40:02 +0000 OpossumQueen 756185@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>inpixels, just ask an employee. I had a question about a product I purchased there over a year ago that they no longer had and a clerk gave me a number to call (don't have it anymore or I'd give it to you) and the lady (I think she was the buyer for the shop) was really helpful. They may be able to point you to where it came from. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-756181 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:56:52 +0000 roux42 756181@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I like it! </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-756176 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:49:51 +0000 inpixels 756176@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>In the new gift shop there are "Metal Tree Sculptures" that are actually store fixtures and not for sale....</p> <p>anyone know where these can be purchased?</p> <p> &lt;img src=&quot;http://brooklynian.com/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_question.gif&quot; title=&quot;:?:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-756164 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:03:59 +0000 whynot_31 756164@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Post opening press:</p> <p><a href="http://brooklynbased.net/blog/2012/06/architecture-and-ecology-intertwine-at-new-bbg-visitor-center/" rel="nofollow">http://brooklynbased.net/blog/2012/06/architecture-and-ecology-intertwine-at-new-bbg-visitor-center/</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-753598 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:53:38 +0000 whynot_31 753598@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>soon to open.</p> <p><img src="http://nextcentury.bbg.org/img/bg_news_6.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://nextcentury.bbg.org/img/cherrywalk.jpg"></p> <p><a href="http://www.bbg.org/press/visitorcenter" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbg.org/press/visitorcenter</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-729503 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:20:52 +0000 Drus Mom 729503@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Not to worry. You'll barely be able to see the green roof of the new visitors' center from inside the Japanese Garden. The visitors' center is being built into the berm, so it won't encroach on the walk from the entrance to the Cherry Esplanade. It will not house a regular cafe; that will be located where the current garden shop is. There will be a space for special events, a la the Palm House, only smaller. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/brooklyn-botanic-gardens-new-visitor-center#post-729489 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:52:16 +0000 JoshKarpf 729489@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Have any other Brooklyn Botanic Garden fans been following the creation of the new Visitor Center, which'll replace and supplement the guard-post-like entry gate by the Brooklyn Museum parking lot?</p> <p><a href="http://nextcentury.bbg.org/priorities/visitor_center/" rel="nofollow">http://nextcentury.bbg.org/priorities/visitor_center/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.weissmanfredi.com/projects/brooklyn_botanic.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.weissmanfredi.com/projects/brooklyn_botanic.php</a></p> <p>I'm worried it's going to loom over the Japanese Garden, visually and aurally. But the renderings at the links above show only what it'll look like from the high ginkgo-tree walk and from the Cherry Esplanade, which is expectedly noisy, in season, with conversation and running children. The Japanese Garden has always been a more quiet, contemplative space. Will that change? Will the new cafe have outdoor seating along the walkway that'll overlook the garden? </p>