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September 9, 2009
Atlantic Yards SHoPping Update
Yesterday, Curbed reported that new designs for Burce Ratner's controversial publicly funded eminent-domain abusing Nets arena will be unveiled TODAY:
Well, it looks like SHoP had its T-squares out all weekend: The new arena designs will be unveiled tomorrow. Do tune in!
flickr Atlantic Yards Photo Pool, "BECKET + SHoP THY NAME IS EMINENT DOMAIN"
Neighborhood photog Tracy Collins photoSHoPped this image of the Hagan sisters' mural in the footprint of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards megaproject.
NY Daily News, Seaport architect at work on Atlantic Yards arena
From an update on the addition of the design team from SHoP that ran before the Curbed scoop:
SHoP Architects, which designed the yet-to-be-built new South Street Seaport, is working on the arena plan, Ratner spokesman Joe DePlasco confirmed yesterday, while declining to comment further.
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New renderings are expected to be unveiled before state officials take a final vote on the project on Sept. 17, but will come too late for borough residents to chime in with formal comments about the project.The public comment period closed at the end of August.
News of the new firm, which also designed a flashy glass building addition for the Fashion Institute of Technology, comes as the developer is scrambling to sell $650 million in tax exempt bonds, beat back a court challenge and break ground by a Dec. 31 deadline.
DDDB.net, Ratner's Sixth Arena Design to be Released on Wednesday. The Rest of Atlantic Yards? Don't Ask.
Posted by lumi at September 9, 2009 6:42 AM