Atlantic Yards: The Play-by-Play
“You can sue, sue, sue—but nothing ruins megaplans like a crashing economy.” So goes the sub-head of New York Magazine’s historical timeline of the Atlantic Yards saga prompted, presumably, by architect Frank Gehry’s much-blogged blooper, I don’t think [Atlantic Yards] is going to happen. Atlantic Yards, Inch by Inch [New York Magazine] Atlantic Yards: The…
“You can sue, sue, sue—but nothing ruins megaplans like a crashing economy.” So goes the sub-head of New York Magazine’s historical timeline of the Atlantic Yards saga prompted, presumably, by architect Frank Gehry’s much-blogged blooper, I don’t think [Atlantic Yards] is going to happen.
Atlantic Yards, Inch by Inch [New York Magazine]
Atlantic Yards: The Past, Present & Future [Curbed]
” bought before all the craziness, so I don’t obbsess about what my apartment may or may not be worth.”
The What is spot-on again!
” An empty hole that I will now get to enjoy for the next 5-10 years.”
Here James let me help you.
U-Haul – built to move Asshats, not freight
http://www.uhaul.com/
The What (Taste The Rainbow)
Someday this war is gonna end…
One answer to the empty hole for you AY fans – invest your own money in FCR.
If all of you kick in $100k or so you should be able to raise the $2 billion in corporate welfare that Ratner’s angling for.
I do live in Brownstone Brooklym though not in a Brownstone. I bought before all the craziness, so I don’t obbsess about what my apartment may or may not be worth. I don’t really care if its Frank Gehry or Frank Ass Hat who is the architect of AY. I do care that people love to stop progress and turning around a blighted part of town in the name of saving “something” – in this case that something is that old world charm of a big empty hole in the middle of Brooklyn. An empty hole that I will now get to enjoy for the next 5-10 years.
Awww James Bong windfall when BOOM! Let me guess? You was one of many Retards who brought in “Brownstoner Brooklyn” right? And when you noticed there was no construction going on in the pit you started blaming other for you short slightness right? And now you are coming to the realization that Atlantic Yards will not get get build right? And you was upset when Frank Gehry put the nail in the coffin with his comments right? Ok I understand…
The What (Here James have some skittles)
Someday this war is gonna end…
I love how Ratner is evil incarnate. I live near DT and see Metrotech all the time. News flash – the area around it is purse s*%t, so his development actually is an improvement. And I do shop at Target and Pathmark and I like it. Forgive me that I enjoy living near clean, modern building and not dilapidated crapola that is the rest of DT Brooklyn. And spare me the weeping for all those poor property owners that got very hefty payouts for their property and to the renters – hey your renters, go get another apartment away from a construction zone so you’ll have some peac and quite. If it was up to you people, we’d all be still living in the stone age because we need to save our beautiful caves and their drawing of mamoths inside. Get real people, this are is going to stit empty and ugly for a long long time. Whoo hoo!
Boerum Hill – nothing wrong with Metrotech – and be fair – Ratner is responsible for one of the most iconic towers in Brooklyn (certainly built in the last 50 years)
As has been discussed here many times, the big objections are to (1) the use of eminent domain to displace homeowners and renters, when the project could be built on just the blighted railyards, and (2) the immense cost to taxpayers, with little evidence of a significant increase in jobs or truly affordable housing.
And if we are lucky, we won’t have to get to the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush and see those models above in real life. Truly scary. I like a lot of Gehry’s work, but these were not created on one of his good days.
More importantly, if Ratner is totally stopped, and he throws in the towel, it may be the most expensive lesson in the world for future developers to learn – do your business in an honest, above board, transparent way. You’re not building a house on a private lot, you are developing a huge portion of land, smack in the middle of a growing metro area, with valid public concerns over land use, infrastructure, traffic and the use of public funds and tax revenues. Something will get built here. Hopefully smaller projects by more than one company, with all of the above taken into consideration.
Note to the MTA – stupid, stupid, stupid. You could have gotten more from companies that could have gotten it done, since they were willing to play by the rules. The whole bunch of you need to go.
Just like I was never in the d-o-n-e d-e-a-l camp because I recongnize how frivolous lawsuits and time can destroy a project; I think AY opponents are getting WAY ahead of themselves here….While I certainly do not see the full Gehry vision getting built anytime soon, Ratner has not abandoned the project and he still owns much of the land (And will continue too) – just like Metrotech and Renissance Plaza (Marriott) [previous large and protested government sponsored projects] were delayed years due to lawsuits, politics and previous bad economies – AY will be developed at some point in large measure by Bruce Ratner. Thats why Governments like Ratner – he gets stuff done (eventually).
Maybe it will be 5yrs till you get a an arena (and parking) and another 15 till major housing and office can be built – but AY is certainly not dead forever (excpet for the pipe dream that someone will build a 100M platform and then people will put faux-brownstones on it)