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June 18, 2009
Looking for hope
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
By Henrik Krogius
The news got worse. Forest City Ratner had held back on telling us that not just the arena but all of Atlantic Yards would no longer be built to the designs of Frank Gehry. The project would have no touch of greatness.
But don't worry, Ratner can still forceably take private property (Phew!):
From a legal perspective, a change of architects would not seem to affect Bruce Ratner’s use of eminent domain...
Huge as the disappointment is, a second-best project may yet be better than none.
NoLandGrab: Though, these soundbytes make Kroguis sound like a complete heel, they betray an inferiority complex among Brooklynites of a certain era.
In all fairness, Kroguis goes on to make some of the same suggestions project critics have proposed since the beginning.
Posted by lumi at June 18, 2009 6:12 AM