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December 4, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
Gotham Gazette [The Wonkster], Time Out at Atlantic Yards
Work has halted on the major part of the huge — and hugely controversial — Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn but those involved disagree as to why.
......[W]hat will become of the land already demolished to make way for Atlantic Yards? Although not focusing on the Brooklyn project, the New Yorker offers a vision and it isn’t pretty: “Perhaps [the abandoned tracts] could serve, over time, as urban tar pits, entrapping and preserving in garbage and white brick dust the occasional unlucky passerby for the scientific edification of future generations, if there turn out to be any. Or they could become parking lots.”
And any of us bold enough to venture by could thank Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the state government and Borough President Marty Markowitz for how they removed “blight” from downtown Brooklyn.
Runnin' Scared [Village Voice blog], Work Stops at Atlantic Yards
The Daily News reports that work has stopped on a railyard site that is to accommodate the troubled Atlantic Yards project. An anonymous Ratner employee tells the News "workers were told two weeks ago to finish up what work they could before a deadline last week."
Brownstoner, Work on Atlantic Yards Comes to a Halt
Curbed, It's Official: We Now Have the 'Atlantic Yards Halt'
Forget the Atlantic Yards Stall. That little halt in work at the Vanderbilt Yard that we noted yesterday via AYR? Well, the Daily News gets confirmation from Forest City Ratner that work has stopped. Abruptly.
...So, after all this, do we get the Atlantic Yards Revival or the Atlantic Yards Green-Wood Burial?
NetsDaily, Ratner Stops Prep Work at Arena Site
From the comments section:
Mr. Dollar Bills Says: "well that arena should be built any day now…."
ballerblogger, The Fundamentals
Gowanus Lounge, Usual Crew Sort of Shows for Metrotech Tree Lighting
Hardwood Paroxysm, The Choice is Yours: New Jersey Nets Tickets
With Atlantic Yards makin' us crazy, this one just made us laugh.
City Room [NY Times blog], Would You Like Ketchup With That Fried Lettuce?
The cozy relationship between the developer Forest City Ratner and the advocacy organization Acorn is making some people uncomfortable. (And Norman Oder takes The Times to task for not covering it.) [Atlantic Yards Report]
Posted by lumi at December 4, 2008 12:35 PM