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May 6, 2008
More press coverage of the new renderings
NY1, Atlantic Yards Project Is Redesigned For An Opening By 2018 [dialup/broadband]
WNYC News Radio, Ratner Extends End Date for Atlantic Yards Project
First developer Bruce Ratner blamed market conditions, but that caused a panic, so now the problem is "land acquisition?"
Developer Bruce Ratner is giving himself two more years to finish the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, from 2016, to 2018, because he's having trouble acquiring the land for the massive project.
MetroNY, Ratner’s plan remains alive
Metro reporter Amy Zimmer was one of the few reporters who included critical reaction to the new architectural renderings and statement from developer Bruce Ratner:
Rather than this “interim step,” Julia Vitullo-Martin of the Manhattan Institute wanted the developer and city officials to take “a pause to think” not about simply downsizing but “address the underlying problems.” She said, “The problem smacks of traditional 1950s, 1960s urban renewal” where a large project is proposed and pushed even if “the market is not ready for it.”
“The new designs raise more questions than they answer,” said Brad Lander, executive director of the Pratt Center for Community Development. “Will Forest City Ratner continue to demolish buildings in Phase II to construct a giant parking lot that separates our neighborhoods?”
Posted by lumi at May 6, 2008 6:22 AM