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June 10, 2009
Gehry Departure Confirmed
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Andy Newman
This afternoon, Forest City Ratner confirmed WNYC reporter Matthew Schuerman’s report. FCR spokesman Joe DePlasco said in an email:
“Frank Gehry was and remains the master planner for the arena and larger project and all of the design specifications that he developed, and which were approved, remain in place. Obviously the world has changed significantly since the project was proposed and we are making every effort to adapt to these changes while meeting the high standards that we set for project. Going forward we anticipate that we will use a number of architects, well known and new, to design the individual buildings as part of Frank’s larger plan. Update | 3:16 p.m. We do not anticipate that Mr. Gehry will be designing any of the individual buildings.”
NoLandGrab: Though Gehry has surely been paid handsomely for the cover he's provided the Atlantic Yards project these past five-and-a-half years, here's betting he rues the day he first met Bruce Ratner.
Posted by eric at June 10, 2009 4:49 PM