Closing Bell: Ratner Remapping Road
If you happen to be going past the corner of Pacific Street and 6th Avenue, watch out: Forest City Ratner has turned the sidewalk into a road! Update: The Local is now reporting that DOT has made some changes to make the make-shift arrangement a little safer.
Actually DOT has seen fit to use sidewalks before — Ft Hamilton Parkway in the 90’s durring a sewer reconstruction project.
Actually DOT has seen fit to use sidewalks before — Ft Hamilton Parkway in the 90’s durring a sewer reconstruction project.
no. people oppose ratner due to their personal agenda (dddb) or b/c it sounds like a good idea (the remainder).
Ratner also bought Fort Greene Place (5th Ave) between Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center. That’s a private street now.
I think Petebklyn has it backwards. People oppose Ratner because they are against privatizing public space (and money), not the other way around.
Oh- only fair – so kind of him 😛
Ratner demapped streets for Metrotech — his only model for development seems to be the “superblock” that has been soundly derided by planners. And part of Pacific has been closed by Ratner for quite a while now.
In exchange for giving him our public streets, he builds private “parks” which FCR controls who uses them, when and how.
Agree people sometimes whip up a frenzy to make points on their agenda but if AY goes ahead, part of Pacific St. will indeed be demapped. Now I’d like to know how a private developer gets the gift of a public street for his development? How much money is he paying for the privilege of closing it off permanently?
typical hysterical knee-jerk reactions from quasi organizations. Know nothing of the facts but use it as another excuse to trash their enemy(Ratner). Whether they had anything to do with it or not. Doesn’t matter.
Rant first. maybe correct later (except DDDB would never retract).
Forest City Ratner. Quality is Job None.