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June 16, 2011
Tensions still simmering over Atlantic Yards project as arena rises
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by Max J. Dickstein
It's a project so big that it has reshaped a neighborhood and inspired a movie, a play and, in time, a book.
Twenty-two acres of Prospect Heights was zoned for the $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project, 14 percent of which is being transformed into the Barclays Center set to open in September 2012. As construction continues on the arena and underground infrastructure, the past decade’s disputes about the use of eminent domain to displace residents and businesses still simmer.
And the lack of visible progress on the dilapidated non-arena portion of the parcel — developers ascribe it to the economic downturn and dozens of lawsuits by grass-roots opponents — has continued to galvanize a community that still wonders how much more of Atlantic Yards — including planned high-rises with housing and office space — will actually get financed and built, and when.
Posted by eric at June 16, 2011 5:03 PM