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September 5, 2007

The End of Summer, And What To Expect In the Fall

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Dennis Holt spends eight paragraphs wistfully checking off the signs that summer is over and then looks forward to this fall's developments on Atlantic Yards and Brooklyn Bridge Luxury Condo Park:

The end of the summer in Brooklyn will bring an interesting next four months. It seems like everyone associated with the two largest projects under way in Brooklyn sort went on vacation this summer. “Nothing” has happened with Brooklyn Bridge Park or the Atlantic Yards.

Of course, that isn’t true either. But nothing dramatic or physical has taken place for some time now, and that is going to change.
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The slumbering giant that Atlantic Yards seems to have become will awaken, legal issues will be resolved, and finally work on the centerpieces, the arena and signature office building, should begin.

This project will be an unattractive event to watch for the next couple of years — all the noise, dust and activity — but it will be finished.

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NoLandGrab: Holt is anticipating the completion of Bruce Ratner's controversial Atlantic Yards project in his lifetime, but since the lawsuits will drag on much longer than this fall, that's no reason to let his own enthusiasm trump common sense.

For a more sober and accurate assessment (like, it's researched!) of Atlantic Yards's progress, readers may want to skip ahead to today's NY Observer story by reporter Matthew Schuerman.

Posted by lumi at September 5, 2007 8:06 AM