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October 26, 2010
Errata
Every once in a while, it's important to remind people that Atlantic Yards is still not a place. It's a project, a marketing slogan, it has a footprint, even — but there's still no physical "Atlantic Yards."
Gothamist, Guess The Year: Model Edition
If you can figure out what's going on here, you may be able to guess the correct year. Put your best guesses in the comments, and we'll update later with the answer, more details and photos.
UPDATE: These photos were taken in 1955, and are of a model of Ebbets Field. When the Brooklyn Dodgers outgrew Ebbets, club owner Walter O'Malley announced plans for a privately-owned domed stadium at the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, but New York City Building Commissioner Robert Moses wanted the city to build a stadium in Flushing Meadows instead—the team eventually chose Los Angeles over Queens, and the original field was demolished in 1960.
NoLandGrab: Wrong on two counts! O'Malley wanted to build his stadium across the way from the Vanderbilt Yard, on a site now occupied by Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Center mall.
The New York Times, Making Construction Beautiful in Brooklyn
Mauricio Lopez’s “Color Mesh,” one of four designs selected in a recent city competition aimed at beautifying construction sites, had its debut on Monday on a construction fence at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn.
NLG: "At the Atlantic Yards project site" we'd accept. "At Atlantic Yards," not so much.
Posted by eric at October 26, 2010 11:53 AM