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April 7, 2009
It came from the Blogosphere...
Real Talk with Commercial Property News, REal Talk with Adam Perrotta - Monday
Atlantic Yards is now legendary for large-scale projects that have stalled out:
...we've seen a spate of very large scale projects--from Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards to CityCenter in Las Vegas to Dallas's Victory Park--hit development hurdles and undergo scale-downs as financing options remain scarce and economic fundamentals contiune to weaken.
arch3611sp09, Progress of design
Frank Gehry's Atlantic Yards house of cards is the inspiration for one architecture student's design project.
ClevelandMagazine.com, Critical Sinking
When Cleveland's preeminent music critic gets canned for negative reviews of the city's new maestro, it sends a chilling effect through local newsrooms. It goes without saying that it's hands off the city's most connected real estate developer:
“I’d be leery if I started writing stories critical to Forest City,” says one reporter now. “Maybe that’s not a fair comparison, but it’s still something you have to think about.”
Brownstoner, City Used Eminent Domain for BAM Cultural District
More eminent domain in the redevelopment of Brooklyn. This time it's the City that made the land grab:
In January, the city acquired six properties in the BAM Cultural District via eminent domain. All six properties were within the block bounded by Fulton Street, Ashland Place, Lafayette Avenue and Rockwell Place. We should have noticed this earlier, as the BAM properties were actually acquired as part of a larger eminent domain grab that included several lots within the footprint of Willoughby Square Park.
Posted by lumi at April 7, 2009 6:09 AM