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July 6, 2005
Brooklynites Take In a Big Development Plan, and Speak Up
The NY Times
by Robert F. Worth
The Times hits the streets looking for reaction to yesterday's Times Exclusive Unveiling of Gehry's new "expanded" Atlantic Yards design. Opinions were mixed:
Many Brooklynites said they were shocked simply by the scale of the $3.5 billion development, the largest proposed outside Manhattan in decades.
Several of them called the project an aesthetic disaster that would mar the borough's distinctive low-roofed charm, further clog the streets and make the subways even more difficult to navigate. Some took issue with the jazzy, unconventional designs, by the architect Frank Gehry and the developer Bruce C. Ratner, while others worried that the project could harm the area's small businesses and drive steep housing prices still higher.
Posted by lumi at July 6, 2005 9:01 AM