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August 28, 2006
It came from the Blogosphere...
Brooklyn Heights Blog, Nabe Photog Reveals Gargantuan Nature of Yards Project
BHB posts on the photos Brooklyn Heights resident Jonathan Barkey released last week.
He tells Brooklyn Papers, “I was bothered by the fact that Ratner’s renderings make the impact look less because the photos were from so far away…But when you show his plans in the proper context, you see how colossal it is.”
As you can see from Barkey's rendering (above) of the Dean Street Playground, buildings appear to be attacking kids enjoying an afternoon of play.
The Politicker, More Atlantic Yards Meetings
The Empire State Development Corporation sent the announcement of an additional "community forum," very official-like, by email:
The Empire State Development Corporation just announced (as in, I just got the email about) two additional meetings they will hold for purpose of "soliciting more comments on the Atlantic Yards Project."
The Long and Continuous Emergency, Scaling Down Atlantic Yards?
Jason at The Long and Continuous Emergency ponders the talk about a scale down of Atlantic Yards and thinks out loud:
This is probably what they intended since the beginning.
Gowanus Longue, Second Atlantic Yards "Community Forum" Added
It would appear that even the ESDC is anxious to avoid a process that looks more like Moscow circa 1986 than New York City circa 2006. In the end, though, unless the fundamental dynamics of the process are altered to allow genuine community input and a deliberate process that allows for full and honest analysis of the benefits and negative impacts of Atlantic Yards, then the ESDC's review and "vote" will still have a distinctly Soviet smell about it with a touch of Robert Moses mixed in.
Daily Politics, Remainders
Ben Smith is reporting that Gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer is getting his way with the addition of another "community forum" date. It's hard to see why that would be the case, since Spitzer called for a longer period for review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, not another forum. The second "community forum" was shoehorned into the schedule, but the close of the public comment period remains September 22.
Posted by lumi at August 28, 2006 11:15 PM