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August 29, 2006
DEIS Bogus Points: We're not as think as you stupid we are
Bruce Ratner scores BIG Bogus Points for this one.
The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods hired experts to figure out if what Forest City Ratner's experts are telling the Empire State Development Corporation and the public is true.
One deception that the Environmental Simulation Center uncovered is so blatant that any grade-schooler could have spotted it, making it an instant candidate for special Bogus Points. Here are a couple side-by-side comparisons of existing and proposed conditions, which were tweaked to make the project appear to have less of a visual impact. In the first, the photographic perspective was tweaked and ZOOMED IN to show less of the tall buildings proposed by Ratner. |
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In the second, the perspective was left untouched, but the image was ZOOMED OUT to make the tall building in the background seem... less tall. |
Using trompe l'oeil effects to tell visual white lies scores a whopping FOUR out of FIVE BOGUS POINTS. We based the score on Ratner's sheer chutzpah and bald-faced confidence that the public is either too stupid to notice or even care.
Posted by lumi at August 29, 2006 12:29 PM