AY Demolition Continues to Spread
[nggallery id=”54179″ template=galleryview] Well, that was quick. The remains of Ward Bakery, at Pacific and Vanderbilt, were getting chipped away at last week, and now there’s nothing left to see. Looking through the construction fence it’s pretty stunning to see how different the site between Pacific and Dean has come to look in the past…
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Well, that was quick. The remains of Ward Bakery, at Pacific and Vanderbilt, were getting chipped away at last week, and now there’s nothing left to see. Looking through the construction fence it’s pretty stunning to see how different the site between Pacific and Dean has come to look in the past few months. The demolition continues to move up Vanderbilt; construction workers are now dismantling the gas station on the corner of Atlantic. No great architectural loss there, but after it falls that stretch of Vanderbilt will be totally empty.
Ward Bakery Remnants Coming Down [Brownstoner]
Fare Thee Well, Hot Bird Signage [Brownstoner]
HoodRich Building Demo’d [Brownstoner]
What’s more, it will take him five years to finish the parking lot, if his previous work is any indication.
Ratner will construct a truly magnificent parking lot on all of this space. It will be a joy to behold and people will flying across the Atlantic Ocean to gaze upon its splendor.
It’s a relief that we’ll have acres of open air surface parking in place of the blight of open air rail tracks.
How are they going to move 1,400 extra cars through the interestions of atlantic at 3rd, 4th and flatbush. It’s gridlock as is.
Hey, it’s not a complete loss. At least Carl Kruger got to make some money off this whole thing. Didja see his connection to the Carlton Avenue bridge?
supply and demand, maybe a silver lining is that parking rates for garages in the area will go down.
1400 cars is the number I’ve heard.
Yup, mtr, years and years of parking lots await us.
Okay, I get it, they’re knocking down everything up to Vanderbilt, but I also had heard that construction for a significant amount of the residential space originally planned had been put on hold. Does this mean we get a great big empty lot sitting there until Ratner decides the market’s improved enough to sell bazillion dollar condos in Brooklyn again?