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February 6, 2006

Atlantic Yards Visualization in Google Earth

Invisibleman

Since the Atlantic Yards project was announced, people have been grumbling that someone should create a 3-D computer model of Atlantic Yards in relation to the surrounding neighborhoods, so that others would realize how big this thing really is and that the arena is only a small part of the project.

Enter Google Earth and Prospect Heights artist and resident Jon Keegan.

Playing with a Beta version of the software and "using the developer's own figures," Keegan has plugged Atlantic Yards into the surrounding streetscape, and violá, insta-skyline.

Atlantic Yards on Earth

Check out Keegan's post on Invisibleman for more details and links to Google Earth.

Posted by lumi at February 6, 2006 10:27 AM