Atlantic Yards Suffers a Setback
Two weeks ago, the NY Times reported that an Atlantic Yards groundbreaking might take place in December. That’s looking almost impossible now, and not because of the Wall Street meltdown. The New York State Appellate Court rejected the Empire State Development Corporation’s (ESDC) attempt to dismiss the lawsuit brought by AY opponents (tenants and property…
Two weeks ago, the NY Times reported that an Atlantic Yards groundbreaking might take place in December. That’s looking almost impossible now, and not because of the Wall Street meltdown. The New York State Appellate Court rejected the Empire State Development Corporation’s (ESDC) attempt to dismiss the lawsuit brought by AY opponents (tenants and property owners in the project’s shadow), the one that claims Forest City and the ESDC misused eminent domain, according Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn’s press release. That means Ratner still doesn’t own the land he had planned to build on come December. The suit now goes forward, with briefs to be filed this winter and oral arguments expected next spring.
Atlantic Yards Timeline Not Getting Shorter [Curbed]
Atlantic Yards Breaking Ground in December? [TRD]
Bad Government. Photo by brockenbrough.
I just hope Ratner cleans up before he leaves. Right now there’s a lot of crap out on the street. It’s rude. They should do a little sweeping on their way back out of town.
sam, for someone who was questioning the occupation of another poster and how one can find the time to post so frequently on Brownstoner, you sure seem to have a lot of time on your own hands today. What do YOU do for a living? Hypocritical much, Mr. Pot? Perhaps it’s time for you to consider stepping away from the keyboard for just a bit, darlin’.
“The land is not going to sit with a big hole in it for the next 50 years, it’s too valuable and too central to the necessary growth of Bklyn.”
I really hope you are correct, MM. Because that statement has been true for at least 50-60 years and to date nothing’s happened there yet. Clearly, just because a project makes economic and strategic sense doesn’t mean it will happen.
sam, just curious: how close is the hole to your house? are you really “liv[ing] with it”?
Shahn Andersen another wing nut through back to the NY 1975
Andersen = Pack rat architecture !!
Rarner = Scary and pathetic architecture !!
Rarner and Andersen deserve each other but why do we have to suffer?
SEE Broken Angel project brooklyn
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://emptystreets.net/media/images/20070111_brokenangel_01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://emptystreets.net/blog/%3Fcat%3D3&h=401&w=600&sz=152&hl=en&start=12&um=1&usg=__aIOuaEvwfrHqX_CotuCMuiOwzgQ=&tbnid=D-1rCQpF2Jq3OM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBroken%2BAngel%2Bproject%2Bbrooklyn%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Letitia James backed Ratner no? She like the affordable housing units. But it doesn’t look now like any of it will be built.
Most of us are glad. what saved us, apart from the terrific job the community did opposing this, is the cost of building over active train tracks. I can live with the hole, that is the way it has been for a hundred years. I predict it will stay that way for another fifty years.
FSRQ wrote: “Not one single politician has been elected or unelected on a platform consistent with opposition to AY.”
Really? Have you heard of Letitia James, Velmanette Montgomery, Major Owens and, in part, Hakeem Jeffries? Guess not.
furthermore your statement belies a political naivete. most pols in the city and state know that AY is and has been a disaster. but their silence is due to Ratner’s power, not the merit sof the project.
FSQR,
Actually Ratner already received $50 million in funding for affordable housing. What do you think was paying all of those lawyers and PR companies? His own money???? Read the papers. FCR’s dead broke.
Bxgrl…am liking your attitude! Say it, grl!
You bring up a good point about subway service. The subway trains that go through Lafayette and Atlantic-Pacific Stations are all crowded at rush hour…sometimes horribly so. AND, if there is some “snafu” during the AM rush, the trains are packed to the gill. Really horrible. I never thought the Lafayette Station platform would every be as jammed as it is these days.
What would happen if 30,000 more daily commuters try to get on these trains?!