Bloomberg Editorial Disses Yards Arena Design
“The result still smacks of hack expediency. One of SHoP’s overlapping metal bands thins as it arches into a broad porch over a bleak plaza, where Gehry had planned to build a high, glass-walled public space. Instead we would have a toad hunkering at one of the most important intersections in Brooklyn, that of Flatbush…
I knew what the ‘Bloomberg’ citation referred to and I’m an idito. <– Case in point.
As for the editorial – stop pulling your punches and tell us how you really feel!
why don’t we just take the money (is there any?) for this pointless project and pay off the city’s debt?
Well you know, the SHoP design is barely begun – little more than a rendering at this point, and they really are an interesting firm as designers. I would hope that if SHoP ever actually has to design something to be built in that location, it would be better than the fig-leaf of a rendering, (which Ratner was forced to provide in a rush to cover up the embarrassing fiasco of the Ellerbe Becket airplane hanger “design.”) But as good as SHoP is, any arena in that location will be subject to the unavoidably true criticism that an arena is not a good contextual fit.
“…where Gehry had planned to build a high, glass-walled public space. Instead we would have a toad hunkering at one of the most important intersections in Brooklyn…”
Of course that wasn’t good enough for some of the project’s more Oderous critics, so this is what we get. Once again, great job Norman!
I like it too. If it looks like a toad all the better; I like toads. It’s just sour grapes, this criticism from this camp.
You are incorrect, be rude.
In NYC, when a news report says “Bloomberg,” it is read to refer to our mayor. Moreover, if someone says “Bloomberg,” it is heard to refer to our mayor.
I like it.
ah, if only the Mayor would read his own news service…maybe someone with a Bloomberg terminal could send him a message…
Looks like a Spameteria