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March 24, 2006

Willoughby plaza at Marriott nears OK

The Brooklyn Papers offers a dismal summary of one of Ratner's 'open spaces':

A space needs something that will make it a destination, not just a pass-through.”

That “something” never made a destination of the large pedestrian plaza a few blocks northeast of Willoughby Street — a commons area at the center of Forest City Ratner’s Metrotech office campus.

Though well-maintained and safe, the planter-bedecked Metrotech plaza feels more like a parking lot with benches than a vibrant public space.

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Posted by amy at March 24, 2006 6:19 PM