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umental moment for skateboarding,” open to the public once again. We
said Benjamin Anderson Bashein, are grateful to our partners at City
CEO, The Skatepark Project. “This Hall, who have prioritized this proj-
historic skate spot is a special place ect, along with Gotham Park and
where people from across the world Vans, whose unwavering support has
have come to skate and to find com- helped make this dream project be-
munity, and we’re thrilled to see it come a reality.”

marks the return of the largest pla- Historic Landmark that is managed
za portion — more than two acres of by DOT — which in the last decade
new public space — to the local low- has undergone more than $1 billion
er Manhattan community, to be com- in improvements, its most significant
bined with the more than one acre rehabilitation and restoration since
previously opened. The new space the bridge was first completed in
includes access to space under the 1883.
Brooklyn Bridge’s dramatic vault- “The revitalization and re-open-
ed archways — part of the National ing of the Brooklyn Banks is a mon-

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