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July 19, 2007
Atlantic Yards Pix!
Brit in Brooklyn, Atlantic Yards Pile Driver
This contraption, pictured in front of the shrouded Ward Bakery, is for punching foundations deep into the ground. Pile drivers are an increasingly common sight (and sound) of Brooklyn's development frenzy.
Have you noticed that Atlantic Yards observers tend to overkill everything?
The origin of the pile driver is dated variously from as far back as 5000 years ago in Scotland up to the renaissance starchitects Francesco di Giorgio and Leonardo Da Vinci.
Curbed.com, Eye on AY: Investment Opportunities at Ward Bakery! | |
Live on the scene of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project, the doomed Ward Bakery Building—scene of the parapet collapse back in April—looms in the background, while exciting investment opportunities come to the fore. ONLY $500 DOWN, friends! Grab 'em before Bruce does! |
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Myske on Flickr, Targ! | |
Atlantic Yards - pre-Ratnerfication. NoLandGrab: "Tar-jay" and the other national chains in Ratner's two malls adjacent to the project site IS RATNERFICATION expect more of the same. |
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Posted by lumi at July 19, 2007 8:33 AM