Barclays Center Rising
This photo is the best one we’ve seen of the progress at the Barclays Center, the future home of The Nets and the first piece of the Atlantic Yards project. And it should: It was sent out by someone in-house to potential buyers of basketball tickets yesterday!
This photo is the best one we’ve seen of the progress at the Barclays Center, the future home of The Nets and the first piece of the Atlantic Yards project. And it should: It was sent out by someone in-house to potential buyers of basketball tickets yesterday!
“this whole argument boils down to cars. people in the surrounding neighborhoods are pissed there will be more traffic and less free parking for THEM. ”
That’s not the case, DH. Yes, for some- but its not the whole story and I don’t expect too many on this thread today care about the whole story. Or the reality. The streets here are narrow- construction is affecting trains and bus service- neither of which my neighborhood has an overabundance of. And there are a whole lot of other issues with AY- especially the cheapo price they paid ( or more likely will never have to pay) for the rail yard rights. Not only was it the vocal residents of the area that signed onto the lawsuits, but quite a few groups from the surrounding neighborhoods- you may only hear about Patty Hagan and Daniel Goldstein but there were a lot of others.
There is a whole lot more to why people are opposed to AY but I don’t think it would get a fair hearing here.
So babs, we should prevent progress for the 8.5 million people of NYC because a few people have had the privilege of paying $400 for a 1 bedroom apartment for the past few decades?
I’m sorry, I’m just not following. Maybe those people (since they have 3 years) can go do what the rest of us do, and go find other housing on their own. Unless we are talking about very sickly or elderly here, why should these few people be coddled when there are thousands of people who have to move every day because of varying circumstances.
Like I said, some people want to look out for the good of the city as a whole, and some want things to stay exactly as they are. Thing is, a lot of us love NYC because it’s always changing. Sounds like perhaps you are better suited for life in Venice, Italy.
We should have had leaders who early on said YES to the athletic center and NO to all that mini neighborhood stuff that looked a lot like a MetroTech kinda neighborhood killer.
I’ve always been pro-arena. I lived for a decade within a 10-minute walk of MSG and it didn’t impact me at all.
Seriously, Ditmas, benson’s not wrong there – every Brooklynite who was alive back then does have a scar from the Dodgers’ defection – but this is NOT the way to heal it, for so, so many reasons, although it sure was exploited by Markowitz, Rat, and co. as that.
I envision Jay Z opening the arena with a few nice concerts
Sincere question: notwithstanding the bitter feelings over Ratner and the process, is there any other major city anyone can think of where the concensus years later after a downtown sports facility was built was that it was a mistake and not a boon to the city?
> the psychic blow to the borough’s image from … the Dodger’s move to LA
Can you hear my eyes rolling from over there?
Actually, the rent-stabilized tenants in the apartment buildings that were torn down to make way for 25 years of parking lots were NOT paid handsomely for anything – they were relocated to other apartments, usually in neighborhoods far from prospect Heights (I know some people who moved to Greenpoint, some to Clinton Hill (close to Bed-Stuy border), and some to Crown Heights, with three years or less of rent payments, and the promise that they would be first in line for the “affordable” units to be built. Some of them are already comeing up on that three-year mark. I wonder how they will be able to afford their apartments now?
again, does all these protests yield any probable odds of yanking the public funds? if not, then F it and let’s build it.