More AY Mashups: Puttin' On The Perspective
What is it they say about a picture being worth a thousand words? The latest architectural plan/photo mash-up depicting the scale of the proposed Atlantic Yards project comes from photographer Jonathan Barkey. This particular one shows a view of the Dean Street playground. If you look carefully you might see some small apartment houses behind…
What is it they say about a picture being worth a thousand words? The latest architectural plan/photo mash-up depicting the scale of the proposed Atlantic Yards project comes from photographer Jonathan Barkey. This particular one shows a view of the Dean Street playground. If you look carefully you might see some small apartment houses behind the row of brownstones. Five more scenarios follow on the link.
Just a reminder that the Empire State Development Corp is holding a public hearing on the Atlantic Yards project today from 4:30 to 8:30 at 285 Jay Street. Written comments are due within 30 days of the meeting.
How Big? Way Big! [Atlantic Yards Report]
erik’s comment is correct. monolithic, monochromatic mashups do not accurately represent what the actual buildings will truly look like. imagine parts of manhattan rendered this way and it would look equally monstrous. in reality, even in the parts of manhattan where tall buildings border upon scaled down areas, it never looks as bad as this mashup.
Superanon- sounding a little fascist there in your 2:13 post. You will you will you will.
Wow!!!! After seeing this me and my co-workers are no longer riding the fence. This is appalling and disgusting. DDDB, my check is in the mail!
You will also enjoy the new and DEVELOPED Brooklyn waterfront – full of luxury and affordable housing, shops, restaurants and marinas with some of the best views in New York City.
The sky is certainly not falling – not by a long shot.
SUPER ANON SERVING IT UP STRAIGHT WITH NO CHASER!
Petunia,
Of course Brooklyn has some good restaurants. I want more…
Everyone knows that Atlantic Yards will be built as planned. With that being said, I would love to hear what opponents of the project will do afterwards. Is anyone going to leave Brooklyn? Probably not. To the contrary you will go on with your lives: (1) you will enjoy the public parks at Brooklyn Bridge, Fort Greene and Prospect; (2) you will enjoy the multitude of cultural offerings at the BAM Cultural District; (3) you will continue to enjoy the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Museum and Children’s Museum;(4) you will enjoy a new and improved Fulton Mall; (5) you will enjoy a plethora of new services, restaurants and shops catering to all of the new money flowing into the borough and brownstone Brooklyn in particular, (6) you will enjoy your beautiful brownstones and fast rising property values; and yes,(7) you will enjoy rooting for and attending Brooklyn Nets games at the downtown arena.
In the end, you will continue to tell all of your friends, family members and co-workers about how Brooklyn is such a wonderful place to live and why they should relocate to the borough of Kings.
Wow! They’re going to be HUGE. You do kind of have to admire a guy for going THAT balls out financially, what a tremendous risk he’s taking in this market.
Hey people, this is the American way. No risk, no reward. Sure it might look terrible (not that it doesn’t look pretty crap right now), but man, what a gamble! It’s like 2 million square feet or something.
Give the guy some props.
I agree with 10:54 completely – the perspective is exaggerated. The buildings would not look that extreme in reality. Plus, rendering them in a single, uniform color without fenestration or any facade details really portays them as especially oppressive.
Regardless, I think this outcome is fantastic. It’s unfortunate that a schmuck like Ratner will be getting the profits, but I’d rather that than have the empty railyards for another 50 years.