"Quietly advanced" is accurate. Neither the ESDC nor the DOT announced the new target date, and DOT reps held a community meeting in June.

Norman Oder
Atlantic Yards Report

Posted by: NormanOder at August 26, 2009 3:55 PM in response to The Carlton Avenue Bridge: Closed Through 2011

Nice project.

But why is Yassky giving $ to the New-York Historical Society for this rather than the Brooklyn Historical Society?

Could it be that he's running for citywide office and wanted his name on the web site?

Posted by: NormanOder at March 10, 2009 2:16 PM in response to Explore Old Brooklyn with Brooklyn Revealed

It's not the project that's scaled back, apparently, but the cost of the arena (and perhaps more).

Posted by: NormanOder at January 9, 2009 10:43 AM in response to Atlantic Yards Scaled Back, Gehry's Role in Question

That story about the Nets Dancers may appear on the NY Post web site, but it's from the Post's weekly subsidiary, the Courier-Life chain (see yournabe.com).

It's kind of a funny story:
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2009/01/slow-news-leads-to-front-page-treatment.html

Posted by: NormanOder at January 7, 2009 10:27 AM in response to Wednesday Links

Some caveats regarding this list, given the omission of the NYTimes's Charles Bagli and some misses by the media:
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2008/10/caveats-regarding-real-estate-media-9.html

Posted by: NormanOder at October 27, 2008 8:34 AM in response to Number 9: The Media

The New Domino project is less a battle over preservation than a battle over a special rezoning. More here:
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2008/10/sunday-in-park-at-new-domino-developer.html
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2007/07/some-ay-echoes-in-williamsburgs-new.html

Posted by: NormanOder at October 22, 2008 11:09 AM in response to Brooklyn's Top 50 Most Influential No. 21 - 30

Visitors did like the temporary access to the waterfront. But the event was part of a much larger chess game. See:
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2008/10/sunday-in-park-at-new-domino-developer.html

Posted by: NormanOder at October 20, 2008 11:17 AM in response to Open House Gates at Domino

Not just a pro-AY subject but Jim Stuckey himself.

http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2008/09/brutally-weird-in-new-book-on-brooklyn.html

Posted by: NormanOder at October 14, 2008 12:09 PM in response to Brownstoner Book Club Reads In the Country of Brooklyn

That photo may be the Vanderbilt Yard, but it's not Atlantic Yards, which is a project, not a place.

See:
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2006/05/rhetoric-check-use-and-misuse-of.html

Posted by: NormanOder at September 23, 2008 11:12 AM in response to Tuesday Links

As noted on my blog, the lawyers for the ESDC have seemed happier after other court arguments. When a judge asked a direct question about AKRF, the ESDC attorney couldn't answer it.

Posted by: NormanOder at September 18, 2008 12:30 PM in response to AY Arguments Heard at Appellate Court