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October 16, 2010

Two By Tracy Colllins From The Atlantic Yards Footprint

Tracy Collins via Flickr

HOT BIRD's Last Stand

540 Vanderbilt Avenue
near Pacific Street
Prospect Heights
Brooklyn, New York

The iconic HOT BIRD sign's days are numbered. Workers were on the roof, beginning demolition. Word on the street is that it will take about a month before it's gone. The other buildings on this block (812 Pacific Street, 810 Pacific Street, 808 Pacific Street) will soon being coming down, too.

Watch a time-lapse video on Vimeo.


The Last Two on the block time-lapse

6th Avenue near Pacific Street
Prospect Heights
Brooklyn, New York

Demolition of 636 Pacific Street (aka The Atlantic Arts Building, aka former Goldstein residence) and 24-6th Avenue (aka The Spalding Building) on October 14, 2010 around 1pm. These are the last two buildings on the block of the Barclays Center Arena of Atlantic Yards. The arena would be bounded by Atlantic Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Dean Street and 6th Avenue.

This view is looking south on 6th Avenue; Pacific Street is the near intersection, and Dean Street is the far intersection. Pacific Street used to continue right/west past 6th Avenue to Flatbush Avenue, but was "demapped" to make way for the arena. To the right (west) would be the rear end of the arena.

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by tracy collins.

Posted by steve at October 16, 2010 8:05 AM