New Barclays Renderings & Project Updates
Yesterday, Forest City released new renderings from SHoP Architects of the Barclays Arena and the public plaza planned for the triangular intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues; construction has been underway since this summer. The 38,885-square-foot plaza space—which will include a new subway entrance, seating area, and a 30 foot high canopy complete with an…
Yesterday, Forest City released new renderings from SHoP Architects of the Barclays Arena and the public plaza planned for the triangular intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues; construction has been underway since this summer. The 38,885-square-foot plaza space—which will include a new subway entrance, seating area, and a 30 foot high canopy complete with an oculus—got most of the attention in the press release and at the announcement. We of course want the Plaza to function well as a gateway to the Barclays Center, Bruce Ratner said in the release. But it was also designed much like a park so it can be programmed for community events and diverse activities, such as a greenmarket and holiday fairs. (According to reports, Ratner actually name-checked The Flea as a possible tenant for the plaza but that was news to us.) The other headline grabbing news had to do with the future of housing on the Atlantic Yards site. According to The Brooklyn Paper, there are currently plans to build just one out of the 16 promised towers, which ain’t good news to the folks who supported the project because of the supposed public benefits. “Virtually all of the economic and public benefits of the mega-development — which include more than 2,200 units of below-market-rate housing, thousands of construction jobs, tax revenues for the city, and public space — are dependent on Ratner finishing the project,” says The Brooklyn Paper.
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Barclay’s Center [SHoP Architects]
lech, I really hope you don’t believe this project was actually going to be better than it is currently planned to be?
I had the misfortune of studying these projects all over the country as part of my “education” and “indoctrination” (is that a word? is it even spelled correctcly?) and not a single one turned out to benefit the community as much as the developers stated. Not in aesthics and not economicially.
I’m sure I’ll never, ever go to this place. First of all it’ll take 15 years to build secondly, i don’t go anywhere near Atlantic Mall other than to pass by it in a car, late at night after drinking in BoCoCa.
Maybe it’s supposed to be metal, like copper or something? If so, that wouldn’t look so bad?
You want pedestrian bridges? Should have let them build it years ago when they would have had the money.
I really wish they had addressed the intersection crossings around the arena and the Atlantic Center Malls in a more efficient way. Does everyone who will be attending games by foot need to play frogger across the streets?
They should have put pedestrian bridges over the streets like they have in Las Vegas to move large numbers of pedestrians from one side of the street over without stopping traffic.
Although I suspect that Ratner, et al, have absolutely no taste, this rendering MUST be a joke. They couldn’t actually intend foisting something SO ugly on us. Otherwise I agree with “hooky” that it looks like a giant sandwich [Sh*t sandwich?]. The triangle in front looks like a slice of pizza. Maybe it’s an ad for a snack bar in one of Ratner’s rotten shopping malls.
I think the skateboard kids are gonna love that plaza.
Daniel Goldstein is an anagram of Gilded Alien Snot.
I heard it was going to be called the vanilla-frosted pumpernickel sandwich center. Then Barclay’s upped their offer for the naming rights, but Ratner kept the design the same.