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January 9, 2009
Mr. Gehry is Getting 'Value Engineered' by Mr. Bruce
Curbed
One might almost say that it was predictable. In financial markets that have dried up, how was Bruce Ratner going to get financing for a $950 million arena, the most expensive in the world? Now, we know the answer, he's firing Frank Gehry and building a $400 million arena. Well, not firing. He's "value engineering" Mr. Gehry's work and going to shave $500 million, give or take, and it will end up looking like the
Atlantic Center MallPrudential Center in Newark. Perhaps by the time it's done, Mr. Gehry will be dead of old age and won't have to see what was done to what would have been one of his master works. "We are continuing to speak with many arena experts and working hard to find ways to build a world class venue in an incredibly difficult economic environment," a Ratner spokesman told the Wall Street Journal.
...Sorry they're going to value engineer your curves and glass into a concrete box, Frank. No truth to the rumor it will be called the Brooklyn Dollar Store Center.
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Curbed also runs down the chatter on the mysterious vanishing of Frank Gehry from the Atlantic Yards disaster.
De-Frankification of Atlantic Yards React-O-Matic
So, who has what to say about the
removal ofvalue engineering of Frank Gehry from Atlantic Yards? There is some react.
NoLandGrab: Someone better put out an APB for Mr. Gehry.
Posted by eric at January 9, 2009 12:33 PM