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July 18, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
Here's what they're saying:
ANGRYNYER, Bloomberg’s latest racist rezoning disaster in the making.
One New Yorker detects a pattern with all of the land-grabbin' megaprojects:
Why hasn’t Bloomberg been called on this racist rezoning agenda? Harlem, LES, Atlantic Yards, Willets Point, Dutch Kills… all minority areas.
NoLandGrab: Wonder how these projects have actually affected diversity in the city overall. Unfortunately, if it has, it will be too late by the time someone has some real figures.
The View from the Bleachers, New York Times Weighs in on Yankee Stadium
Hey, we aren't the only ones not holding our breath waiting for the day that the NY Times "asks a few more serious questions about the Atlantic Yards project before it’s too late."
It seems that quite a few of my more recent posts have been along the lines of “I’m a New York sports fan who has serious reservations about new New York sports stadia.” Especially with two projects in particular: Atlantic Yards, and the new Yankee Stadium.
Now, in today’s New York Times, Tommy Craggs has weighed in with a criticism not only the cost of the new stadium in the Bronx, but whether it is necessary at all....
The irritating irony of this, as with many other building schemes in New York, is that the Times only pays lip service to the opposing voices to these projects, usually when the deal is done and dusted and it’s too late to turn back.
Culture of Congestion [The NY Sun], Battery Park City on a Weekday Evening
Among New York's mega-projects-in-progress, I'd thought that Brooklyn Bridge Park on Brooklyn's East River waterfront was doing okay financially. Unfortunately, though not surprisingly, all is not so well, according to a Daily News article that appeared recently:
But rising costs, bureaucratic delays and ongoing legal battles have caused the price tag to double — sparking fears that not all the amenities will be built. Some 1,200 luxury condo units are still in the works along the park and will make payments in lieu of taxes to pay for the park's upkeep.
(I've blogged about the pros and cons of BBP here.) I just hope it doesn't go the way of Hudson Yards, the World Trade Center, Moynihan Station, and Atlantic Yards.
Posted by lumi at July 18, 2008 5:03 AM