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August 8, 2008
Sign Points to More Atlantic Yards Confusion
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DDDB has an exclusive on a mystifying — and now mysteriously disappeared — sign that was lying around the Atlantic Yards footprint.
The photo above is of a sign that was leaning upside down on the ground against the fence enclosing Forest City Ratner's construction material staging area (formerly three occupied, mixed use buildings since demolished by the developer) on Dean Street. (We've turned the photo right side up and you can click it to enlarge it.)
The information in the four colored rectangles is mostly correct. But take a look at black on white text in the middle. It reads:
New York City has a variety of projects, both public and private, which when completed will improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. Whether it's new building construction, road repairs, or park improvements, each effort will make new York a better place to work, live, and visit. here at Columbus Circle a station rehabilitiation is being completed that will improve accessibility and architectural enhancement.
Someone forgot to change that text.
Beside the clear printing error—Columbus Circle is not in Brooklyn—it must be pointed out that the infrastructure work occuring on Dean Street, while paid for by New York City taxpayers, is a Forest City Ratner and New York State project, not New York City. Additionally the work on Dean Street is not "new building construction, road repairs or park improvements." As for "improving the quality of life for all New Yorkers"—the Footprint Gazette has a few things to say about that.
NoLandGrab: "What's going on here?" is a really good question.
Posted by eric at August 8, 2008 2:10 PM