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August 22, 2007
FOUND: Puff on Pacific Street
Brit in Brooklyn
"A dragon lives forever but not so little boys neighborhoods under threat of eminent domain..."
Brit In Brooklyn's second shot of the day, looking west down Pacific St., illustrates many recent changes to the streetscape, and, just as importantly, is a sober and eloquent commentary on the project itself: the shrouded Ward Bakery embodies the lack of transparency; the caution tape, running deleriously every which way, presages another Norman Oder-wellian revelation at every turn, for those who dare ask questions; and the fence keeps the public at bay, as the concrete barrier shrinks the street, akin to Atlantic Yards's affect on the whole of Prosepct Heights.
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UPDATE: One neighborhood photog sent a reminder that the MTA property, seen behind the fence, was declared "blighted" in a study conducted by Bruce Ratner's own experts. This leads us to the question, does it make sense for the State to "blight" its own property for purposes of determining that the footprint of Ratner's Atlantic Yards plan is blighted?
Posted by lumi at August 22, 2007 8:26 AM