Atlantic Yards Begins to Get Vertical
Despite the recent victory of Atlantic Yards opponents in court, the first steel girders have risen above the construction fence at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush. Plenty of news outlets reported this morning that the stadium, which is expected to be done summer 2012, is beginning to “take on [its] iconic shape,” in the…
Despite the recent victory of Atlantic Yards opponents in court, the first steel girders have risen above the construction fence at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush. Plenty of news outlets reported this morning that the stadium, which is expected to be done summer 2012, is beginning to “take on [its] iconic shape,” in the words of Bruce Rater. Construction is supposed to move steadily over the next few months, despite the concern from DDDB legal director Candace Carpenter, who says They are rushing to get as much in the ground as they can before we seek a stay from the court. Atlantic Yards Report says a construction stay is unlikely, as it wasn’t part of the ruling earlier this month.
Ratner is Finally a Man of Steel [Brooklyn Paper]
Barclay’s Arena ‘Goes Vertical’ [Brooklyn Eagle]
Steel Goes Up, DDDB Will Seek Stay on Construction [AY Report]
> such is the cost of progress
I don’t consider replacing one mess with another to be progress. Obviously many people welcome this project, and equally obviously, I am not one of them. But I look forward to my speculations on the future of AY being proven wrong.
traffic is going to suck big time. the current hole sucks. stadium better than hole. add’l retail from there eastbound on Atlantic would be nice. cant pull back public funds in this proj so might as well build it and try to recoup via ppty taxes, income taxes, sales taxes,…
to not go see Nets when they rep BK, that’s just throw baby out with the dirty water. BK Nets – such a nice ring to it.
“No, but can you name a nice one in NYC?
I thought not.”
And when is the last time an arean was built in NYC? Yankees stadium is having a postive impact on it’s area of the Bronx (and that’s a tough place to have a positive impact).
“I took a quick peek at AAA in Dallas via Google Maps.
One big apparent difference is the siting of the arena. It is nestled in between what appears to be downtown highrises and a lowrise industrial area. Not, as AY will be, smack in the middle of several residential neighborhoods.”
And what was in the AY area for the most part prior to this? Abandoned railyards, abandoned and decrepit manufacturing buildings, and a few houses.
AAA is bordered on the south by the West End Marketplace (former industrial site that was turned commerical/residential mix in the 90’s but didn’t take off until AAA), ‘Uptown’ to the East (which is mostly residential took off about the same time), mix of residential and industrial to the north and to the west is I-35. It was an old industrial site before the built on it.
“It’s on the edge because the nabes were razed. The neighborhoods around it are beginning to see the impact of increased traffic w/ the new patterns caused by construction. It’s only going to get worse come game time.”
Only a small amount were razed (which does suck for many of the people that were living there for sure), but such is the cost of progress. As a whole, Propect Heights residential footprint wasn’t significantly lessened.
As for traffic, I’ve heard that before, and it’s yet another BS argument. Most people in the city don’t own cars. Even on game days, most people will take public transportation to get there.
Yes there is an increase in construction related traffic, but that will pass.
So by Arkady’s definition, 2 blocks of mixed homes, warehouses, and empty lots = “the nabes”
It’s not like they bulldozed entire swaths of the city. Other than the railyards, 2 blocks of marginal character are being razed.
Arkady’s last 2 sentences show what I think is the main source of opposition – entitled drivers who do not want any more traffic.
brooklyn72 – I totally agree that the area has been an eyesore for a long time. I just think that a stadium/arena is just about the worst thing that could be put there.
It’s on the edge because the nabes were razed. The neighborhoods around it are beginning to see the impact of increased traffic w/ the new patterns caused by construction. It’s only going to get worse come game time.
a ‘stadium’ is 50-70k seats, and arena is 15-25k
this is an arena
DitmasSnark,
Just curious, why don’t you want the AY.
If you are a homeowner in the area, you should be very happy to see such a great stadium be built in an area that has been a big eye sore for a long time. If they were turning Prospect Park into a stadium, I’ll be lining up with you and fighting this. But here they are turning an ugly rail yard into a beautiful stadium and improving the whole area along…what is the logic of opposing such a plan?
> there is only 1 arena in NYC, hardly a statistical sample.
Oh but it is, and the statistic is: 100% suckage.