Metropolitan Technology Center (MetroTech Center) is a 16 acre, 4.7 million square foot urban knowledge park. A knowledge park is an environment that combines an industry and a knowledge institute focused on science and technology, in this case Polytechnic Institute. George Bugliarello, "The Father of MetroTech," worked in collaboration with New York City officials, including Mayor Ed Koch and Borough President Howard Golden, and private commercial real estate developer Bruce Ratner in order to entice commercial businesses to relocate to downtown Brooklyn to be part of MetroTech. The concept for the MetroTech Center was first proposed by George Bugliarello to the Polytechnic Board in 1975. Construction began on MetroTech in 1989. Bern Dibner Library for Science & Technology was the first Polytechnic building completed at MetroTech in 1992. The final building, 12 MetroTech, was completed in 2004. (The Administrative Papers of President George Bugliarello finding aid. Retrieved from http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/poly/bugliarello_president/dscref4.html#ref13)
The MetroTech EIS is divided into three volumes. Click the links below to access searchable PDFs of these volumes in Google Drive. To view these volumes, you will be prompted to login to Drive with your NYU email and password. If you have trouble accessing these files, please contact Lindsay Anderberg la715@nyu.edu. Volumes 1 and 2 include impact studies including traffic, shadows, soil, pedestrians, and mass transit as well as an historical summary of the site, photographs of the site at the time, and maps of the proposed development. Volume 3 contains letters from the community voicing support or opposition to the development of MetroTech.
