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September 6, 2011
A new entry into the Atlantic Yards lexicon: "Ratner Heights"
Atlantic Yards Report
While the first mention of the term "Ratner Heights" I could find was an offhand reference five years ago in the Brooklynian blog, credit the rapper Illuminessence (aka Ness of A-Alikes) for using the term regarding his new project, a dystopian future fantasy.
To me, that suggests a new way to think about Forest City Ratner real estate, adding "Ratner Heights" to the Atlantic Yards lexicon as a way to describe the firm's cluster of holdings.
...Rethinking Ratner territory
The term "Ratner Heights" has resonance for those of us who've looked at maps of Atlantic Yards and environs for years.
Despite Forest City Ratner's rhetoric, the project is not located in Downtown Brooklyn--even the Downtown Brooklyn map produced by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (on which FCR plays a disproporitionate role) can't fit in the Atlantic Yards site.
Posted by eric at September 6, 2011 9:54 AM