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May 8, 2008
Brooklyn Downtown Star Twofer Thursday
Residents Call Time Out on Net’s Stadium
by Jeffrey Harmatz
A large demonstration was held in the footprint of the Atlantic Yards development last Saturday to urge the new governor to put a hold on further demolitions at the site and reconsider the entire project in light of new statements made by Bruce Ratner, CEO of Forest City Ratner, about the project’s hazy future in a recent interview with The New York Times.
One counter-demonstrator gave this novel reason for his support of the project:
“We’ve got big problems with parking in this neighborhood,” said Wayne Joseph, who came out in support of Atlantic Yards. “The building is great, and it looks like it will make parking a lot easier around here, and that’s something that’s very important to me.”
Atlantic Yards or Atlantic Lots?
by Shane Miller
A team of architects commissioned by the Municipal Art Society released a set of renderings this week that reveal a “lot” about the potential future of Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project in Prospect Heights.
The architects, who wished to remain anonymous, predict a situation where actual construction of Phase 2 of the project – which contains the majority of the buildings and the affordable units – takes decades to complete. In the meantime, they suggest, the land would be used for parking.
Forest City Ratner, in its plans filed with the state, has said that all of the land needed to build the 11 towers would be cleared and used for parking until construction begins.
Posted by eric at May 8, 2008 7:58 AM