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May 12, 2006
A trim for Yards work
New & smaller look for B'klyn buildings
NY Daily News article by Jego R. Armstrong and Elizabeth Hays says the new design is "kinder and gentler" and finds two people in Brooklyn who agree that it "looks more like it suits Brooklyn."
Architect Frank Gehry now has a kinder and gentler vision for Brooklyn.
Nearly a year after his futuristic designs for the controversial Nets arena complex sent shudders through parts of the borough, Gehry released revised plans yesterday.
The article quotes Gehry channeling the late Jane Jacobs, repeating one of the terms that informed her vision of livable neighborhoods, "messiness":
"We've tried to break down the scale," Gehry said, and mirror "the messiness of Brooklyn - messiness in a good way."
Posted by lumi at May 12, 2006 6:42 AM