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June 9, 2009
Frank Gehry Out of Rest of Yards Too
WNYC Radio
More bait-and-and switch from the folks who brought you the Conseco Fieldhouse, um, new Barclays Center.
Just two years ago, developer Forest City Ratner was insisting Gehry would design each and every one of the 16 towers that surrounded the arena. Gehry had dubbed one of them Miss Brooklyn. But two sources close to the project say now the developer is not planning to use Gehry any more, citing costs, the architect's lack of interest and the complications of meshing different architectural styles in a small space. A spokesman for Forest City Ratner said Gehry is still "involved" in the project but did not answer specific questions. The developer says it plans to break ground on the arena this fall, and the first residential building six months later.
NoLandGrab: Gehry is still "'involved' in the project" to the extent that Forest City Ratner (not even trying) and Barclays (giving it the old college try) have failed to scrub his presence from AtlanticYards.com and BarclaysCenter.com, respectively (yo, guys, there's a text-only version of BarclaysCenter.com — don't forget to purge that of Gehry mentions, too).
Posted by eric at June 9, 2009 4:57 PM