After Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner released the new design renderings for the Barclays Center arena, Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn took the opportunity to write an open letter to the arena’s co-architects, SHoP. The gist of the letter is that SHoP, by accepting the Barclays Center commission, is also attaching the firm’s reputation to the Atlantic Yards and condoning the actions of Forest City Ratner: “We think that as responsible professionals, you must be aware that your designs are being used in an attempt to mask the political, planning, economic and aesthetic failures of Forest City Ratner’s corrupt Atlantic Yards development proposal … On these grounds, we urge you to reconsider your involvement. And we will be pleased to meet with you and discuss these issues.”
An Open Letter to SHoP Architects Regarding Atlantic Yards [DDDB]