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January 9, 2006
Gehry Grilled in Manhattan
The Real Estate Observer
Michael Calderone reports on NY Times architecture critic Nicholai Ouroussoff's conversation with Frank Gehry "before a sold-out audience at the CUNY Graduate Center, part of the newspaper’s Arts & Leisure Weekend."
A self-professed “do-gooder, lefty type,” Mr. Gehry spoke of the future Nets arena and, and shockingly blurted out, “First of all, it’s an empty site.” A handful of jeers followed. Admitting he was getting into “deep shit,” Mr. Gehry switched gears and said that the project will be built in an “existing neighborhood.”
NoLandGrab: Did Brooklynites play the spoiler during polite discussion with the master designer? Or, as a last resort are Brooklynites forced to getting their point across in public forums?
If you missed it, there's more coverage of the same event by TimesRatnerReport.
Posted by lumi at January 9, 2006 9:24 AM