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September 1, 2011
Another Awful Thing About the Barclays Center: Its Sidewalks Will be Really Narrow
The L Magazine
by Ross Barkan
When you walk over to the Barclays Center to catch an inevitably disappointing Nets game, you might have to start tiptoeing on the sidewalk, or pinching in your elbows to avoid a tractor trailer. Forest City Ratner, never a community favorite, is still igniting local opposition. According to Atlantic Yards Report, in July FCR submitted a plan to the Parks Department to install 206 bollards around the arena, which revealed that several of the sidewalks surrounding Barclays will be much narrower than what FCR originally analyzed in their 2006 environmental impact statement that ultimately helped FCR win approval from the state.
NoLandGrab: That the Department of Transportation, not Parks, but the point holds.
Posted by eric at September 1, 2011 11:12 AM