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February 28, 2007
BREAKING NEWS: Actual results may vary
We can't decide who has the more highly developed sense of humor, Norman Oder or Bruce Ratner.
Today, "The Mad O" noticed this disclaimer on the Atlantic Yards Combined Returns Summary (link).
Which leads us to wonder, when do actual results NOT vary?
Bruce Ratner's flagship project, Metrotech, wasn't supposed to be a campus for NYC bureaucrats, and the original plans for the Atlantic Center never envisioned the Department of Motor Vehicles as the anchor tenant.
Heck, even Frank Gehry's concert hall in Springfield, USA was repurposed into a prison.
"Ex-cellent!"
[Hey kids! Is that an "environmental compliance monitor" in the foreground of the Monty Burns Prison construction site?]
UPDATE: Norman Oder has been overkilling us on Thursday morning, pointing out that the DMV isn't "the" anchor tenant of the Atlantic Center Mall because it doesn't lease the greatest square footage. It's "an" anchor tenant. He's provided us with this link from Forest City Ratner's web site to prove his point.
We still contend that it is "the" metaphorical anchor tenant because it's the "store" that brings in the widest range of people who will shop in the other specialty stores.
Before the Mad O gets on our case, we should also explain that Frank Gehry never really built a project in Springfield. We don't even know where Springfield is. And that guy is probably just some guy, not an environmental compliance monitor.
What would we do without the Mad O to keep everyone honest? But it's ok, having to explain one's joke in detail usually makes people think it's funnier, right?
Posted by lumi at February 28, 2007 10:54 PM