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November 2, 2006
OnNYTurf Atlantic Yards Map on sabbatical
OnNYTurf has just announced that the Atlantic Yards Map will be on a little vacation while webmaster Will plays catch up with the new version of Google Maps.
ONYT's interactive NYC Subway map (PATH trains included) has first priority, since it has become an indispensable part of daily life for many New Yorkers. The map is hands-down the most useful online subway map. [Of course, the MTA would rather give the development rights of Vanderbilt Yards to Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner for a song than offer a truly useful online map for the entire system.]
When the Atlantic Yards Google map was rolled out in March, 2006, it had a shock-and-awe effect on many who lived near the project proposal's footprint, because it was the first time that Brooklynites had a chance to view a model of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal from the vantage point of the street. The map has become one of the tools that residents have used to come to grips with the historic scale of this hugemungous gianormous plan.
ONYT followed up this effort with a map of the Yankee Stadium plan. While the Atlantic Yards map illustrated the size and scale of the project, the Yankee Stadium plan map was one of the few media resources that clearly demonstrated the convoluted shuffle of ballparks, public parks, parking garages and their proximity to the existing neighborhood.
You have to give it up for the innovative Will from OnNYTurf, who uses the latest tools to distribute independent community news — we're hopin' that the maps won't be gone for too long.
Posted by lumi at November 2, 2006 6:27 AM