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December 22, 2010
Construction Hums Along On Barclays Center
CBSNewYork.com
Photo: Tom Kaminski/WCBS 880
Right now, they are the New Jersey Nets. That is set to change for the 2012-2013 NBA season.
That’s when the Nets, who currently play at the Prudential Center in Newark, are set to move into the Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn.
Tom Kaminski flew over in Chopper 880 on Wednesday to take a look at construction of the arena. CLICK HERE to see more of his photos.
NoLandGrab: Wow, flying over at 3,000 feet, it hardly seems neighborhood-destroying at all.
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Gothamist, Aerial Photos Show "Progress" At Atlantic Yards Project
The indispensable John Del Signore offers his take.
CBS 880's Tom Kaminski has obtained dramatic photographic evidence of construction at the controversial Atlantic Yards development/parking lot. The big arena that may one day be the home of the Brooklyn New Yorkers (currently the New Jersey Nets) seems to be coming along, despite numerous lawsuits attempting to stop it. Today, in fact, opponents of the project will square off in court against the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC). A coalition of community groups wants a court order to halt all construction because the ESDC's environmental impact statement analyzed Atlantic Yards as a 10-year construction project. Now it's expected to take a quarter century, and critics want the environmental impact reconsidered.
NLG: Be sure to check out the photo caption here.
Posted by eric at December 22, 2010 11:26 AM