Red Hook's Beard Street Gets Blue

Ikea's big blue exterior wall has rounded the bend and is in the home stretch. The familiar blue wall, which was on the east side of the building is now on the north side along Beard Street, which is the one that most people going to Red Hook see. The big blue presence should make itself fully felt in a matter of weeks. While the building is massive, what will be the equivalent of a full block or more of parking is hidden behind the site's blue fence. That parking includes the historic graving dock that the Swedish multinational filled in because a multi-level parking garage that would have saved the dock was rejected.