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September 2, 2005
Behind the nuts and bolts of schools
NY Newsday
by Ellen Yan
From a Newsday interview with William Goldstein, President of the School Construction Authority, discussing innovative ways the authority is creating more classroom space:
We're also working with developers. We're going to be condominium participants in a 75-story high-rise that Bruce Ratner is building [in lower Manhattan]. We're going to be the bottom five floors of that. If that works and he can get us a school up more quickly, that would be great.
NoLandGrab: What New Yorkers should be aware of in this deal between Ratner and NYC is that at $650 per square foot, this Gehry-designed school will be the most expensive school in NYC history. This deal begs the question if this is honestly the most effective use of the school construction dollars.
Posted by lumi at September 2, 2005 6:08 AM