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December 30, 2009
Curbed Awards '09 Architecture: Starchitects, Ugly Buildings & More!
Curbed
Atlantic Yards figures in two coveted Curbed Awards.
As is our yearly tradition, it's time to make up a bunch of awards and hand them out to the most deserving and important people, places and things in the real estate, architecture and neighborhood universes of New York City! Yep, it's time for the Sixth Annual Curbed Awards!
Our Favorite Architectural Sell-Outs
Dude, can you believe they're using that Vampire Weekend song in a fucking commercial now? Or that those dudes at that hip architecture firm SHoP scored a commission from fucking Bruce Ratner to redesign his fucking Brooklyn basketball arena at the same time they're remaking the East River waterfront? It's like there's nothing pure anymore.
...Don't Make Nicolai Angry, People
3) SHoP rolls out a new design for the Brooklyn Nets stadium: "Still falls short of the high architectural standards... the larger project remains worrisome."
Another look back at 2009...
Mobilizing the Region, 2009 NY Year in Review: A Struggle to Hold the Line
Land use and parking continued to be a missing link in the city’s sustainability efforts, best characterized by auto-oriented big-box developments like the Gateway Center Mall in the South Bronx and East River Plaza in Manhattan. The state-run Atlantic Yards project also survived several legal challenges this year, and developer Bruce Ratner officially closed on the project. Brooklyn Speaks, a coalition of city and borough organizations calling for a better Atlantic Yards plan, filed its first lawsuit over the project in November (the coalition has previously recommended a stronger transportation plan for the site).
Posted by eric at December 30, 2009 9:22 AM