Atlantic Terminal Station Starting to Show its Face
The seemingly interminable reconstruction of the LIRR station at the Atlantic Terminal is finally revealing signs of progress. Exterior brickwork for the station, directly across the street from the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and attached to the Atlantic Terminal Mall, has started going up over the past month or so. While there’s never been much…
The seemingly interminable reconstruction of the LIRR station at the Atlantic Terminal is finally revealing signs of progress. Exterior brickwork for the station, directly across the street from the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and attached to the Atlantic Terminal Mall, has started going up over the past month or so. While there’s never been much doubt the station will end up looking as generic as the rest of the Atlantic Terminal and Center, the construction (going strong for five years now) has made getting to the LIRR a confusing pain in the ass, and mangled street and sidewalk traffic. A press release from the MTA that came out earlier this year didn’t pinpoint when the revamp’ll finally be finished. Anyone know? We won’t be holding our breath.
Work Continues on Major Renovation Project [MTA]
4:51 — all the 2-month olds in Park Slope shooting poop at Target *still* doesn’t explain how CRAPPY that Target is
5:18 — your deliberate insistence on missing the point is bewildering. it’s not about denigrating or insulting the people who shop at Target. the point, rather, is that Target itself should fix its own problems, and could thereby make a lot more money. how could making the place better possibly harm the people who already think the store suits their needs?
OK, 5:06, I will stay here and shop in Brooklyn stores (including Atlantic Terminal) and you can take your ass out to Green Acres. Make sure you and stay the hell away from Atlantic Terminal, so your tender sensibilities aren’t disturbed. OR, you can get yourself a sign, go out to Atlantic Terminal, and “demand” a new mall that looks “nice” to you and your New Jersey-and-Long-Island-mall-loving friends. Until then, stop trying to denigrate and insult the people who shop at those stores because they feel they suit their store suits their needs.
Yeah, complaining on Brownstoner is super proactive, 5:06.
Demand away.
Wuss.
Well, 4:58, if you want to settle for crap, dirty stores, lousy service, that’s your business. The rest of us want better, expect better, and know we can get better, if we demand it (which unfortunately we’re not). And just because the masses are going there, doesn’t mean they like or enjoy the business anymore than anyone else. The demand for affordable stuff is high, and people put up with alot to get it.
Yeah 4:50, except THOUSANDS of people shop there every week. All of those people wouldn’t be going there if they felt the place was “offensive.” This is NYC – there are a MYRIAD of retail options. Furthermore, I DO see black and Latino kids in and around the mall, so I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. And if you hate the place so much and it looks so bad, how come you are THERE enough to comment on the clientele? One more thing – I don’t WANT to hang around some goddamned mall. I go the mall (when I go) to SHOP, not hang out. There are other places I can go for that. I DO want to “come in, shop, and go.” That’s EXACTLY what I want to do.
Z, your whimpering kid couldn’t hit the broad side of a big, red Target-store “T.” So let her take her best shot.
“Hey 4:09, I’m not white, I’m black, and I think it’s about on par for a shopping center.”
You have got to be kidding.(no, I’m not 4:09, haven’t responded yet on this discussion) On par???!! I’m black too, and ANYONE who has stepped foot outside of Brooklyn can see that the stores at Atlantic Center are TERRIBLE. No if ands, or buts about it. They do not come close to stores in Long Island, upstate, anywhere else.
Ever been to Green Acres, or Kings Plaza? As bad as Kings Plaza is, that is still considered a mall. Atlantic Terminal was DELIBERATELY built that way. It’s the “anti-mall” mall. Ratner and his cronies were designing a building that was suppose to be as aesthetically UNAPPEALING, UNINVITING, and UNWELCOME as possible. They didn’t want the populace (blacks and latino youths) hanging out there, sitting around. They just wanted you to come in, shop, and go. They don’t want to serve the population, just take their money and tell them to scram. And they know people will come because there is a need for retail, no matter how bad the service or offensive it is to their clientèle.
Stores are really bad too, and operate in the same manner. Retail sucks, it is racist, and minorities are trained to put up with this crap.
4:16 — sorry, you’re not a winner. try again. you can’t seriously be arguing that the atlantic target isn’t empirically grosser than its suburban cousins. so, in order for you to be right, you’d have to be arguing that the people who shop at the Atlantic Target prefer that grossness to a Target that is clean and well-stocked. do these shoppers prefer dirt? do they prefer inconvenience? do they prefer lack of selection? doubt it. so what’s the point of your posting?
i’m just one of many people who shop at target because, yes, it has good prices on a (at least theoretically) wide selection of products. i can tell you, i’d go there much more often and spend more time, and more money, if it didn’t suck so bad. i’m definitely not alone in that sentiment (as this thread confirms). Maybe Target’s corporate department needs to do the research to figure out the profits it’s losing by having such undoubtedly CRAPPY standards for its urban centers.
4:23, i’m gonna have my daughter aim a projectile poo right between your eyes.