werner - Well that's, just, like, your opinion, man. I think MSG is in a pretty good location and is more accessible than, say, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. An arena at Atlantic Yards will be accessible to all sorts of busses, subways and commuter trains, and will be surrounded by other business and entertainment options. That is HIGHLY preferable to sticking it somewhere out of the way. Not to mention the myriad added benefits of making public transportation a much more attractive option than cars/parking.

Teams, ideally, move CLOSER to downtown areas, not away from them. See: Devils to Newark (from the Meadowlands), Orioles to downtown Baltimore (one of the most popular and most lauded sporting venues in the country), Astros to downtown Houston (from the Astrodome, which was further outside the city-center), and the success of teams such as the Cubs, Red Sox, Bears and others who play in urban centers as opposed to out-of-the-way locations.

Contrary to your opinion, there is every reason in the world for a team to build its arena or stadium in an urban area.

Posted by: casper2315 at January 9, 2009 12:35 PM in response to Atlantic Yards Scaled Back, Gehry's Role in Question

"Or, as Gowanus Lounge put nicely, 'it would seem Brooklyn was promised an SL-Class Mercedes, but now, it turns out that a Ford Focus may be delivered.'"

I just wanted to point out that the arena in Newark is actually a really nice sports-venue. It's certainly not as impressive-looking from the outside as the Gehry renderings of the proposed AY arena were, but it's not like Brooklyn would be getting a second-class facility if the arena is similar to the Prudential Center. The "Mercedes/Ford Focus" analogy isn't accurate. I know it's just hyperbole but if you're going to play that game it would be more like we were promised a Maybach and we're getting a Mercedes or something.

Posted by: casper2315 at January 9, 2009 12:02 PM in response to Atlantic Yards Scaled Back, Gehry's Role in Question

Oh that's nice.

Posted by: casper2315 at June 5, 2008 3:05 PM in response to Streetlevel: Modell's Now Open on Fulton Mall

re 5:20 - Are the restaurants on Atlantic having a hard time? I'm not being critical, just curious. Bedouin Tent, Stan's, Downtown all seem to do pretty well, no? Also - the old bodega that was in that space was terrible, and there are two much nicer stores right up the block at Bond/Atlantic, so there was no need to ever go to the Pacific/Bond bodega anyway. I don't think the failure of the bodega at Pacific/Bond can be used as a case-study when pondering the possible future of a new restaurant in that space.

Posted by: casper2315 at March 25, 2008 5:35 PM in response to StreetLevel: Retro Reno for New Boerum Hill Restaurant

There's no seat on the bidet. One would imagine there is, in fact, a seat on the toilet.

Posted by: casper2315 at December 4, 2007 11:30 AM in response to Bathroom Reno #9: Connected In Crown Heights

re: Posted by: guest at November 27, 2007 11:21 PM

1. History can't suggest anything if there hasn't yet been a bistro, or whatever you want to call it, in Boerum Hill (but not on Atlantic). Brooklyn Inn seems to do just fine, if you're looking for anything remotely comparable.

2. Re: demographics... Don't even know how to respond. Just... I don't know, you go to that corner all the time, maybe take a look around.

Posted by: casper2315 at November 28, 2007 12:02 PM in response to StreetLevel: New Bistro Opening in Boerum Hill

... and snack-mix.

Posted by: casper2315 at November 27, 2007 2:47 PM in response to StreetLevel: New Bistro Opening in Boerum Hill