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June 5, 2009
It Came from the Blogosphere... (Frank, we hardly knew ye edition)
Brownstoner, Gehry Officially Off Yards Project
Unfortunately for all of us, The Times describes the new design as bearing a resemblance to Conseco Field as well as an "airplane hangar."
Curbed, The De-Frankified Barclays Center React-o-Matic!
Curbed serves up a round-up of some reactions to the Gehry news, with a Bob Guskind-esque headline, who, it so happens, was honored last night with a posthumous award for community service by the Park Slope Civic Council.
Following yesterday's formal announcement of the junking of starchitect Frank Gehry's Atlantic Yards arena for a cheaper design, a look at how the Interweb is reacting to the new Barclays Center, aka The Hangar.
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill], Arena Plan: Gehry Out, Ellerbe In
Our colleague Charles Bagli reports over on the mother Web site that Forest City Ratner has formally dropped Frank Gehry’s plan for a billion-dollar arena at Atlantic Yards in favor of a more modest $800 million model designed by the Missouri architectural firm Ellerbe Becket.
Gothamist, It's Official: No Gehry At Brooklyn Nets Arena
Ratner has stated he hopes to break ground on the arena this year; his opponents doubt that will happen.
Runnin' Scared, Atlantic Yards Scales Back; Gehry's Playhouse Gives Way to "Airplane Hangar"
Of course, scaling back the project doesn't mean scaling back what it demands of the city: Ratner is asking to be permitted to pay the MTA only a fraction of the cost of air and land rights needed for the project upfront, with the remainder to be tendered when the big bucks start rolling in. It's beginning to get around that this scheme is going to cost more than benefit the city, and even longtime booster Mike Bloomberg is getting cold feet. And as for the neighbors, forget it. Sometimes it seems like the only people left in Brooklyn who want this thing are the people who run the borough and the people who want to run it.
Not Another F*cking Blog, Gehry’s out, Becket’s in, as Atlantic Yards arena architect
I’d love to be a fly on the wall by the water cooler across the pond at Barclays. They had said they were willing to toss $20,000,000 per year for 20 years (that’s $400,000,000!) at Forest City Ratner for the honor of having their name and logo plastered all over a Gehry design. Becket? Who? Airplane hanger??! They have lots of web site updating to do over at www.barclayscenter.com.
In the Crease [Newsday.com], No hockey in Brooklyn
Scratch one more prospective site for the Islanders to move, if they are in the mood to move. According to a story in the New York Times today, the new plan for the Nets' arena at the proposed Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn does not include accommodations for a hockey rink.
...Atlantic Yards, like Charles Wang's Lighthouse development proposal on the Nassau Coliseum grounds, has been delayed far beyond the developer's intentions. Lawsuits and the recession have plagued the Brooklyn plan. It will be interested to see which site gets a shovel in the ground first--or if either ever does.
Islanders crazy, Brooklyn we go small
With the situation on the Island being uncertain and the recent court victory for Ratner, fans have now plotted Brooklyn on their wish lists for alternative homes of Islanders hockey. But the notion that Brooklyn could be the new home for hockey might not be a reality anymore.
Nets Daily, Gehry Design Out, New Design Like Pacers Arena
Curbed LA, Gehry's Brooklyn Arena Design Replaced
Curbed, Frank Talk on Atlantic Yards
Posted by eric at June 5, 2009 11:31 AM