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June 4, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
Dope on the Slope, Atlantic Yards: Department of Da' Fence
Which brings me to the fences. I can't think of a better metaphor for our city's approach to public involvement in public projects, particularly in recent history. The world-view of the so-called "political leaders" in this city simply has not matured enough to comprehend, let alone competently execute a long range planning process that includes substantial public involvement from concept to reality. It's not that it's been tried and found deficient, it's that it's never really been tried.
not another f*cking blog!, new link to my Atlantic Yards book
Photographer Tracy Collins (aka "ThreeCee") published a photo book on Atlantic Yards and the environs. We're checking it out right now; you can get it at www.atlanticYardsPhotoBook.com.
Between Productions, My kind of town, still
Robert Cashill visits Chicago Millennium Park and notes that it ain't no Atlantic Yards:
If Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards was going to be like this I'd have no complaints at all and would in fact bring my own shovel to pitch in and help make it happen. Chicago's Frank Gehry component, the Millennium Park bandshell, is a lot more inspired, and inspired, than the "Miss Liberty" (ugh!) planned right across Fourth Avenue from us.
FunkyPundit, Bloomberg's Land Grabs
What should be one of the most controversial aspects of Mayor Bloomberg's tenure is his cavalier use of eminent domain. But for whatever reason, there just isn't much resistance -- outside the Atlantic Yards project, that is -- for top-down development projects, whereas City Hall plays the role of private developer.
The threat of eminent domain now hangs over property-owners' heads in Prospect Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Willets Point, and upper Manhattan.
The post then quotes Ratner consultant Richard Lipsky in opposition to Columbia University's Manhattanville project.
mcbrooklyn, Atlantic Yards 'Neighborhood Buzz' Map
Outside.In has produced an animated map of neighborhood buzz, projected over both time and space. The map tracks the the neighborhood hotspots in the Flatbush/Atlantic Avenue area of Brooklyn that people have been talking about online for the past six months.
It's fascinating to watch the ebb and flow of coverage by both bloggers and mainstream media.
Posted by lumi at June 4, 2007 8:34 AM