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August 7, 2006
It came from the Blogosphere...
Here's some more reaction from the bitstream to the NY Times editorial supporting Atlantic Yards...
The Wonkster (political blog of The Gotham Gazette), Endorsing Atlantic Yards
The Times looks at the proposed Atlantic Yards project today and likes what it sees: desperately needed housing, the return of major league sports (the NBA Nets) to Brooklyn, Frank Gehry buildings that “would add a sense of excitement to the entire area,” and a boost for city and state revenues. The paper has a few qualms, saying there should be more public review, and that developer Forest City Ratner (which is also working with the Times on building its new headquarters) may be getting more in subsidies than it should. Most of all the Times thinks the project could use a bit of downsizing but by and large, it concludes, “the planners are correct in seeing an opportunity to build something grander and doing it at the one place in the borough that can handle it.” (Have they been at Flatbush and Atlantic recently?)
OnNYTurf, NYTimes Endorses Ratner for Atlantic Yards
Most unfortunately this editorial does make you wonder if the NYTimes did any research about this project before writing their editorial, or if they just read their own back reports.
...one account of last week's Community Board 6 hearing...
Gothamist, Community Calls Atlantic Yards "Mistake" and "Kafka-esque"
Though opponents of Atlantic Yards are usually called shrill and vitriolic, blogger Jill Priluck "sensed an eerie quiet."
Armer and company heard from about 25 public commenters, who bemoaned the proposal for being out of scale, for "Manhattanizing" Brooklyn, for subverting public review, for its indequate relocation plan and for improperly addressing what are sure to be increases in pollution and street, pedestrian and park traffic. Community member Paul Heller accused "some public authorities" of collusion, cronyism and conspiracy and someone else described the plan as "Kafka-esque."
Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards Development Group President posted in response to evamn's "concern about the magnitude of the Atlantic Yards project," and made an assurance that the "comments are appreciated, and will be taken into account at the next development board meeting."
...and one soundbyte.
The Left Behinds The Atlantic Yards Footprint
"We’ve got a real community here," Patti Hagan says. "You don’t get a community in a 62-story skyscraper. You don’t even get a neighborhood. You just get a doorman."
Posted by lumi at August 7, 2006 4:49 AM