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January 25, 2007
Massive Brooklyn Development Designed by Frank Gehry Gets Green Light
Architectural Record
By Fred A. Bernstein
The architecture trade magazine runs the news of the approval of Atlantic Yards and takes note of the opposition, though it doesn't get into the nitty gritty of the design and urban-planning problems.
With the recently completed IAC/InterActiveCorp.’s headquarters, Frank Gehry, FAIA, has finally made a mark on New York City. Now he is about to make a bigger one. In December, the state’s Public Authorities Control Board gave unanimous approval to plans for the Atlantic Yards, a $4 billion–plus Brooklyn development that is expected to contain more than 6,400 apartments, a new arena for the Nets basketball team, and several hundred thousand square feet of commercial space. Gehry will design every building on the 22-acre site.
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Indeed, that scale—which involves inserting the approximate square footage of the old World Trade Center into a site just one-third larger—was at the heart of opposition to the development, with some critics calling more neighborhood-friendly elements, like a giant “front stoop” and glass-enclosed public atrium, Trojan horses. Now the project faces at least two lawsuits.
Posted by lumi at January 25, 2007 6:54 AM