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June 26, 2009
Despite MTA Nod, Atlantic Yards Saga Still Unfolds
GlobeSt.com
by Cody Lyon
GlobeStreet's Lyon offers an excellent summary of this week's Atlantic Yards events, including an interview with the Regional Plan Association's Neysa Pranger.
The project, steeped in years of controversy, litigation and now a dried-up credit market, has evolved into a scaled-down version of what was originally sold to public officials and city residents. More evidence of a project facing challenges arrived on June 5, when despite being the recipient of millions of city and state taxpayer-dollar subsidies, Forest City Ratner admitted the shedding of star architect Frank Gehry. Soon after, renderings surfaced that showed less than dynamic designs for the centerpiece arena portion of the project. On June 8, New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ourousoff referred to the project renderings as a “monstrosity.”
When asked about the scathing Times critique that lambasted what it called more than a “betrayal of a particular community,” an ESDC spokesman tells GlobeSt.com that a final design and rendering of the project has not been released. The spokesman says that “an initial rendering was released, but that will look very different from the end product.”
NoLandGrab: Can't wait for that "end product!"
Posted by eric at June 26, 2009 12:26 PM