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November 25, 2007
Critic Ouroussoff is much tougher on MTA´s role in West Side plan than in Brooklyn
Atlantic Yards Report
Nicolai Ourousoff, architecture critic for The New York Times, reviewed the five plans for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's West Side yards and found them all lacking. Norman Oder contrasts the critical review with the one Ourousoff produced for the Atlantic Yards in 2005.
Here is Norman quoting yesterday's review:
Ouroussoff's tough on the emphasis on the bottom line: "But what is really at issue here is putting the importance of profit margins above architecture and planning. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority could have pushed for more ambitious proposals. For decades now cities like Barcelona have insisted on a high level of design in large-scale urban-planning projects, and they have done so without economic ruin. "
NoLandGrab: Ourousoff wants the MTA to push for high-quality planning in a competitive environment. Here in Brooklyn, we're stuck with an anti-competitive process that produces a development based on the outmoded superblock concept.
Posted by steve at November 25, 2007 9:48 AM