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August 24, 2006
It came from the Blogosphere...
Early blogosphere reaction to the hearing trickling in so today's roundup is a mixed bag:
Daily Gotham, Hundreds Pack in for Atlantic Yards Public Meeting
On yesterday's Empire State Development Corporation hearing:
City Councilwoman Leticia (sic) James, who is against the huge project, said, "If this project were built, there would be far-reaching negative impacts on public health, air quality, infrastructure, waste management, noise abatement, the environment and much else," while a unemployed carpenter expressed how the project would give him work for five to six years. Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner promised to employ only union labor, and while Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is pro-Atlantic Yards, he did suggest it could (and should) be cut down.
Brooklyn Ramblings, Riffing on Atlantic Yards
Painting about Atlantic Yards definitely makes more sense than dancing about architecture:
Here's an Atlantic Yards-inspired painting by one of my favorite artists, Alex Itin, who is the artist-in-residence at the Institute for the Future of the Book. This painting, archbuild, which is Alex's imagining of what the skyline might look like if Ratner's project is built, can also be seen at Alex's site IT IN place.
The Real Estate Observer, Atlantic Yards, the 60-Second Version
REO Speedwagon files a quick dispatch before rushing off to catch some r&r for a week:
Scene 1: "Rally" at MetroTech 12, interior
Bruce Ratner comes out of hiding; squints without his glasses. Jason Kidd likes the project, and not just because his boss is doing it. ROBERTA FLACK IS HERE!!!! Lots of jokes about what being a Brooklynite means. (Loud and in-your-face.)
Scene 2: Public Hearing, City College of Technology, down the street, interior and exterior
Line stretches down the block and around the corner. Caterer hired by Ratner is handing out 1,500 box lunches "to anyone who asks." Elderly lady holds impromptu press conference after getting escorted out because she won't shut up about how awful it is. Union carpenters get free T-shirt and meet one-day-a-year "mandatory participation requirement" by showing up. Boo. Hiss. Yay. Applause. Standing ovations. Whistle. Like real metal whistles INSIDE...
A Perigrination, Comments from the people at No Land Grab Are Shrill And Desperate
It seems the bloggers of No Land Grab saw fit to comment on my “Build The Arena” post below.
They wrote;
Anonymous said... dear blogger. there happens to be a little thing called the Constitution and another little thing called democracy which you seem to have forgotten.
NoLandGrab: Nope dude, that wasn't us. But we did post a comment today. And thanks for the links — we need help from other bloggers to boost our Google ranking.
Daily Heights, goodbye newswalk views
"Rogersma" responds to photographer Jonathan Barkey's photo simulations of Atlantic Yards in the 'hood:
“Here are some pretty amazing new pix. Welcome to Manhattan –only twice as crowded!
Spitzerblog.com, Sounds Reasonable
The unofficial blog committed to electing Eliot Spitzer governor highlights NY Post coverage of his call for more time to study the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Posted by lumi at August 24, 2006 7:06 AM