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August 16, 2006
Atlantic Yards Question
Brooklynian.com
Can Atlantic Yards be stopped or not, that is the question being discussed on the Brooklynian.com message board.
A sample of the commentary:
I personally think that something will be built there but hope that it will be scaled down from the current plan. I wish I could say that I hoped Ratner would be taken out of the picture (because in my opinion he has not made very attractive developments in the past), but I doubt it. I think he's too powerful and connected. — Medusa
In short, it's going to happen pretty much just the way it's currently described, unless it gets stopped altogether. (It may be downsized some few more percent--the NY Times editorial seemed like a trial balloon for that--but it would still be ludicrously too large.) I suspect that's why DDDB has always aimed to stop this project, as opposed to "negotiate" (as some critics have said would be a more constructive approach). There's simply no leverage to negotiate with, when the developer already has his approval guaranteed. — rogersma
ratner is too well connected to the state and city gov. so it will be built. — armchair_warrior
NoLandGrab: The discussion board is still lacking in shrill, hyperbolic vitriol from screamers and kooks of all stripes, so there's still time to get into the action and ruin it for the well-meaning folks who got the discussion started... or not.
Posted by lumi at August 16, 2006 8:35 AM