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May 25, 2008
Continuing Sagas: Hudson Yards, Atlantic Lots, and Nouvel's Tower
New York Sun
by Sandy Ikeda
This blog entry contains multiple items including one about the proposed Atlantic Yards development. For those who may have missed it, The Municipal Art Society's "Atlantic Lots" site is featured, as well the recently announced redesign for building B-1.
Speaking of Atlantic Yards, the Municipal Art Society prepared a sobering slideshow called "Atlantic Lots" depicting the Forest City Ratner/Frank Gehry project 1) as it is now, 2) fully built out, and 3) partially built out. The first series shows the huge border vacuum created by the rail yards themselves, much like Hudson Yards, though without the additional border created by the Hudson River. The second strikingly conveys, in the context of the surrounding neighborhood, the "Emerald-City-turned-inside-out look" typical of mega-projects these days, again, much like Related's Hudson Yards proposal. The third, and most frightening, series shows the most likely scenario in the short and perhaps even long term. The arena-in-a-parking-lot look echoes the very Meadowlands Arena, nestled in the New Jersey swampland, that the NBA Nets have been trying so desperately to leave. And I'm sure FCR didn't pitch this thing to New York State authorities as substituting one huge border vacuum for another.
Frank Gehry's architectural response at Atlantic Yards to the shaky economy has been to radically alter the centerpiece of the complex, Miss Brooklyn. This Sun article discusses the changes and contains illustrations. Looking at this thing, what can you say but — Frank Gehry!
Posted by steve at May 25, 2008 8:25 AM