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December 23, 2008
Atlantic Yards: "modest initiative"
Talking Points Memo Café
In an article entitled "Bloomberg Not Blue Enough For New York," reporter Ethan Porter reviews NYC Mayor Bloomberg's legacy, including the real estate follies:
Both the Olympic bid and the West Side stadium proposal generated reams of newspaper headlines and volumes of architectural schematics, but no finished products. Even a more modest initiative, the Atlantic Yards Project, which would create a basketball arena in Brooklyn, has gone absolutely nowhere. And of course, Ground Zero has sat dormant throughout Bloomberg's entire administration.
NoLandGrab: Porter falls victim to the persistent Atlantic Yards media lethargy.
Since when does the largest single-source private developement project in New York City history rate as "modest?" If built to the planned scale, Atlantic Yards would be the densest residential community in the nation.
Just because the press has been modest in its coverage of the $4 billion arena and 16-high-rise megaproject, doesn't make it "more modest" than the $1.4 billion football stadium.
Posted by lumi at December 23, 2008 4:42 AM