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September 4, 2011
Variations on a B: emerging Barclays Center signage, visions of a Prospect Heights corner, and reminders of some anti-AY murals
Atlantic Yards Report
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At the western end of the southeast block of the Atlantic Yards site, Block 1129 (east of Carlton Avenue and between Pacific and Dean streets), a wall section of weathered metal used for the exterior of the Barclays Center has been established for a little more than a week.
I walked by on Friday, September 2, and shot several pictures with an extended lens.
Thus the buildings in the background seem extremely close, though they're not. At right, for example, the gray and white building, 470 Vanderbilt, looks quite close, though it's actually bordered by the railyard and wide Atlantic Avenue.
And while the wall section looks large in close-up, it looks much smaller from a distance.
Below are photos shot from farther away along Carlton Avenue south of the corner as well as directly west of the corner. Note that Block 1129 will eventually by used for indefinite interim surface parking, for 1100 vehicles.
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Again, 470 Vanderbilt seems very close, as do other buildings across Atlantic Avenue. Note how the wall section at left is blank, where anti-Atlantic Yards murals, including "Gehry, thy name is eminent domain," were painted over.
However, the "Obama!!" mural, also painted by the anti-AY Prospect Heights Action Coalition (PHAC), was, prudently, allowed to remain.
Click on the link to see the complete photo-tour.
Posted by steve at September 4, 2011 8:50 PM