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April 29, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
Veritas et Venustas, Urbanism and An Architecture of Place
John Massengale chides NY Mets owner Fred Wilpon for his artifice and then points out that the traffic-infested triple intersection at "Atlantic Yards" (we think he means Vanderbilt Yards) would be a better site for a metropolitan ballpark.
Wilpon told the architects of CitiField to make it like Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers played. But then he put the field in the middle of a parking lot. As a Brooklyn boy, he should have known better.
Ebbets Field was firmly embedded in the urban fabric of Brooklyn. The team got its name because their fans had to "dodge" streetcars to get to the field. But CitiField has no city, and the Metropolitans have no metropolis. They should play on the Atlantic Yards site, where there are 5 or 6 subway lines and the LIRR. Their urban locations are part of what make Fenway and Wrigley the two best fields.
No Police State, Another Event
And I was reading another one of those Todd Eaton emails today that seem to be all protest all the time, and this one was titled "Time Out on Atlantic Yards". And it was talking about developers destroying and demolishing whole communities in Brooklyn for no apparent reason other than I am not sure. And that word developer that I've been hearing a lot lately when it comes to overdevelopment leads me to wonder for what reason does the word developer contain the word devel which sounds like devil? Or is that a whole another blah blog posting.
Found in Brooklyn, Atlantic Yards Rally * May 3rd
Please try and attend and spread the word!
The Campaign for Community-Based Planning, Rally to Halt Atlantic Yards, May 3
News of the rally from Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn.
Posted by lumi at April 29, 2008 4:35 AM