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March 5, 2012
Atlantic Terminal security sarcophagi removal pushed back
The Brooklyn Paper
by Daniel Bush
The massive granite barricades ringing the Long Island Rail Road’s Atlantic Terminal will be ripped out later this year — not starting last month like the MTA originally said.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will tap a contractor this month to replace unpopular security sarcophagi at the entrance to the borough’s busiest transit hub with stainless steel cylinders, but a spokesman would only promise that the boulders will be removed during the “early part” of the year-long construction project.
...The hugely oversized bollards were met with similar criticism when the glitzy $106-million Atlantic Terminal renovation wrapped up in January, 2010.
At the time, LIRR President Helena Williams said the security measure was necessary to meet NYPD standards, but the bollards actually exceed police criteria in height and proximity to each other.
NoLandGrab: Let's not forget that this web site had the scoop on the installation of the unsightly sarcophagi way back on December 7, 2009.
Posted by eric at March 5, 2012 9:35 AM