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November 8, 2007
Security Study Urged for Atlantic Yards
The NY Times
By Andy Newman
Like all-things Atlantic Yards, the powers that be claim that the project has met every standard, though details are closely guarded secrets:
A New York City police official, however, said yesterday that the Brooklyn arena would require no street closings.
“Our counterterrorism experts have examined the Atlantic Yards plans and they have met with those involved with its design and planned construction,” said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman. “They have been cooperative and receptive to N.Y.P.D. recommendations, which did not require street closings.”
Mr. Browne declined to offer further details, saying it was policy not to publicly discuss “any vulnerabilities we’ve identified.” The developer of Atlantic Yards, Forest City Ratner — a development partner in the new Midtown headquarters of The New York Times Company — said yesterday that it had been working closely with the police and other antiterrorism experts on the design of Atlantic Yards.
And once again, the Times seems to have some sort of exclusive access to info that hasn't been released to the public, because as far as we can tell, plans for the Urban Room, arena and four towers have not been revealed:
Plans for the Brooklyn arena, though preliminary, seem to show it set back farther from the street than the Newark arena, the Prudential Center. The Prudential Center is about 25 feet from both Edison Place and Mulberry Street in downtown Newark, while renderings of Atlantic Yards show the arena about 75 feet back from Atlantic Avenue and about 150 feet from Flatbush Avenue.
Posted by lumi at November 8, 2007 5:11 AM