Mapping the Atlantic Yards Timeline
No one on either side of the Atlantic Yards debate disputes the fact that its construction would be a major pain in the ass for residents. The question is rather how long people would be inconvenienced for (Chuck Ratner’s on record saying 15 years) and whether the end-product would be worth the inconvenience. To address…
No one on either side of the Atlantic Yards debate disputes the fact that its construction would be a major pain in the ass for residents. The question is rather how long people would be inconvenienced for (Chuck Ratner’s on record saying 15 years) and whether the end-product would be worth the inconvenience. To address the first part of that question, graphic designer Abby Weissman has overlaid the construction schedule with a site map. The result is the clearest representation we’ve seen to date of the timeline. For a bigger version of the map, click on the image above.
The (Projected) Ten-Year Atlantic Yards Timeline [AY Report]
phase two has too much residential. will the building be luxury high rise, low-income or what. i don’t like phase two.
“Only nine years for all of it to be finished is not far off imo.”
Except that Ratner’s own people are estimating 15-20 years.
Have you noticed that Atlantic Center is beginning to look more and more like the photo of Barclays Center (i.e., with the new circular addition going up on the corner of Hanson and Ashland Place).
Maybe they’re planning on closing down and emptying out the shopping mall. Just an hypothesis.
The construction will displace residents, which is clearly awful. The actual act of demolition, construction, etc… isn’t going to do much more than that though. Flatbush traffic pattern will be pretty much the same. Cranes arent’ that bad to look at. In the meantime there will be surfact parking instead of a gaping hole of a railyard. Then, eventually, there will be ugly housing that looks like projects but costs more. The timeline of the plan also means that this probably won’t look anything like it’s projected to, and that also the immediate traffic and school zoning predictions are way off. It’s also interesting that these high rises will be built well after all the new construction that’s already underway on Flatbush and throughout Fort Greene. Aren’t those doing more to shift the character and crowdedness of Downtown than AY in the near future?
Only nine years for all of it to be finished is not far off imo.
2016? Ratner and Gehry will probably be dead or incontinent by then. thats a long way off. In fact, we’ll probably all be dead by then.
yeah, my bathroom took that long!
How will they get an arena up in 2.5 years??!!
I think this will be great for Brooklyn. I cant wait.