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March 31, 2012
Brooklyn Barclays Center Sends Ratner, Daily News Into Frenzy
New York Magazine Daily Intel
by Eliza Shapiro
Ratner, who has been unfavorably compared to a modern-day Robert Moses, has waged a long and costly battle for the space over the last decade. He is also finding an outlet for his excitement in hyperbole: “This is the first truly 21st-century building in New York City.” He also calls it "the greatest arena I've ever seen."
Sheftell likens the space to other great New York "civic spaces" like the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The excitement is spreading — at least to other people with major investments in the project. "When the Nets get good, the place is going to hop," said Gregg Pasquarelli, a partner at SHoP, one of the architecture firms that designed the Center.
Posted by eric at March 31, 2012 11:31 PM