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October 7, 2009
Brooklyn Utopias? Artists Explore a ‘Perfect’ Borough At the Brooklyn Historical Society
More Than 30 Contribute to Exhibit
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
By Phoebe Neidl
Overdevelopment and the feared “Manhattanization” of Brooklyn were recurrent themes [at the Brooklyn Utopias exhibit], and few things highlight the conflicting visions of Brooklyn’s future better than the Barclay’s Arena/Atlantic Yards project. Photographer Tracy Collins displays photos of the surrounding Prospect Heights neighborhood taken over the past five years, since the controversial project’s inception. Contrasting with the images are quotes that the artist pulled from the developer’s promotional literature: “A Garden of Eden grows in Brooklyn” and “Almost everything a well-equipped urban paradise must have” -- a reminder of the hyperbolized and often-failed promises made by real estate developers.
Posted by lumi at October 7, 2009 5:43 AM