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February 13, 2008
How Late is Too Late for Atlantic Yards Construction?
Gothamist
by Jen Chung
Gothamist picks up the video of Forest City Ratner's round-the-clock construction, and ID's the filmmaker as none other than DDDB spokesperson Daniel Goldstein.
[Goldstein] has been told by Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner that construction has to take place in the middle of the night because the Department of Transportation doesn't want to stop traffic on Flatbush. However, the two lanes of Flatbush that are closed overnight remain closed during the day - with no work going on.
Goldstein also finds it curious that when the Empire State Development Corporation's Environmental Impact Statement conducted a noise study for the area (PDF of the construction chapter), the study only focused on impact between 7AM and 11PM - not during the overnight hours. Of course, the much-criticized EIS had assumed everyone would be out of the footprint by the time construction started.
Posted by eric at February 13, 2008 4:49 PM