Behold the Atlantic Terminal Pavilion
Only eight years after construction project began and 13 years since the design was selected, the new Atlantic Terminal officially opened yesterday. The $108 million design for the transportation hub (10 subways and five bus lines connect through it), constructed of limestone, granite and glass, features a 60-foot high atrium as its centerpiece. At the…
Only eight years after construction project began and 13 years since the design was selected, the new Atlantic Terminal officially opened yesterday. The $108 million design for the transportation hub (10 subways and five bus lines connect through it), constructed of limestone, granite and glass, features a 60-foot high atrium as its centerpiece. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Beep Marty Markowitz and Council Member Tish James joined MTA Chairman Jay Walder and LIRR President Helena Williams.
After a Delay, New Atlantic Terminal Pavilion Is Open [NY Times]
New LIRR Terminal Opens in Brooklyn [WNYC]
Brooklyn LIRR Terminal Opens [NY1]
Brooklyn Gets New Transit Pavilion [ABC Local]
Brooklyn Has New Transit Terminal Near Atlantic Yards [Star Ledger]
Maybe the new stadium across the street will have a Chuck E. Cheese too.
It would be awesome to have stale cardboard pizza delivered right to my seat while watching a game.
Or take a break from a Nets game to Whack a Mole.
Well… seeing the MTA et al have no operating budget to speak of (at least that’s what their cries of poverty seem to suggest), why won’t this station devolve VERY quickly into a “drab, urine smelling, leaky wreck” ??
Also — to the comment “Finally something Brooklyn can be proud of.” Just have to say, WOW!
Here are some more photos (and links to others) of the old Flatbush Terminal.
http://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/2007/05/brooklyn-back-in-day-flatbush-avenue.html
I vote for the old one. Seems like a huge waste of money (and indicates the history of favoritism to Bruce Ratner) to tear down this structure, only to rebuild within a couple of decades. As with many early 20th century structures, it appears to have suffered neglect through the second half of the century.
If Atlantic Center/Terminal Malls are any indication of what Bruce Ratner has planned for Atlantic Yards….
IMO they did a pretty good job, even if the PR hyperbole on the video soundtrack is a bit hard to take. The new terminal’s interior looks remarkably like the Queens Mall, in Rego Park, but that IS one of the best looking malls in the City.
The old terminal, “drab, urine smelling, leaky wreck” that it degenerated into, could probably have been renovated into something very nice too, but this new one, especially with it’s view of the Williamsburg SB bldg, is a worthy successor
“The Grand Jewel of Atlantic Terminal? More like the Grand Cake of the Urinal. I’ve seen grander staircases on sailboats and nicer waiting rooms at the DMV. And surrounded by granite coffins.
There is such a disappointing lack of talent and vision in Brooklyn’s municipal servants. They’re a whole generation behind Manhattan.
There. Vented.
The Pavilion looks no better than your average mid-range mall. The praised heaped on this building in the video clip is comical. This is the same country and city that once built Grand Central and Penn Station.
I think it looks great (havent been in it yet) but I have to take issue with the design of the bollards out front (they actually didnt use bollards – instead they used these huge granite stones….It looks to me like the place is still under construction with those rocks out front – not to mention it appears to interfere with pedestrian flow, giving the place the look of a suburban house – an attractive front entrance – that no one uses
Give it two months, the place’ll be trashed with empty supersize me cups, candy wrappers and chicken wing bones. And want to see more chaos and litter—and more hassle crossing that chaotic intersection? Just wait for Ratner’s extend-a-mall plus arena.
They tore down the old station because it was a drab, urine smelling, leaky wreck…..