On Last Day of Public Comment, Objections to AY
With the 60-day period for public comment on the Atlantic Yards ending today, final objections are coming in from neighborhood groups in the affected area. Most notably, a report prepared by a team of financial engineers on behalf of the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods raises some serious criticisms but falls short of calling for a…
With the 60-day period for public comment on the Atlantic Yards ending today, final objections are coming in from neighborhood groups in the affected area. Most notably, a report prepared by a team of financial engineers on behalf of the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods raises some serious criticisms but falls short of calling for a stop to the project. The report finds that the environmental impact study contained errors [that] incorrectly describe the size and location of the proposed project. It also finds serious workmanship and/or methodological errors with FCR’s computer-generated photographic overlays used to sell the vision of what the project would look like built. Meanwhile, the new coalition group, Brooklyn Speaks, called for the project to shrink by between one-third and one-half while increasing the affordable housing component. Another neighborhood group, Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, calls bullshit on FCR’s estimate of raw sewage flow to the canal from the addition of thousands of toilets.
More Find Fault With Atlantic Yards Review [NY Times]
CBN: Enviro Review Flawed, Should Not Be Approved [AY Report]
Bowing to Bruce [Brooklyn Papers]
Anon 10:03 AM, Just who the heck are you to be telling anyone (including me a 25 year Brooklyn resident) that they need to move to SI if they don’t like the AY? As Brooklyn residents we are allowed to have opinions on the future of the borough. I like the smaller scale and historic neighborhood of Brooklyn and that is why I have lived in Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Carroll Gardens and Ditmas Park.
The scale and population density of the proposed AY project is woefully out of sync with Brooklyn.
Anon 10:09
Yes, Please, continue to accuse all critics of being employees of Ratner!
Btw, have you ever heard of a logical fallacy? Guess what, yours is called an “argumentum ad hominem”! It’s one of the most common logical fallacies, maybe you should read up on it!
People who employ logical fallacies in discussions are either lazy, stupid, or both. Which applies to you?
Thank you Anonymous 10:07, why don’t you just sign your post DDDB PR
The AY development is a catalyst for the urbanization of Brooklyn into the 21st century. Once this development is built, the rich NIMBY crowd will be silenced forever. Who can complain about high-rise development once we have a dozen 40+ story buildings?
Once the plantation has been bulldozed, no one will complain about the lost, ideal Brooklyn of the 20th century.
They will be like the poor farmers who lived where Central Park was. They just picked up and moved west, and broought their goats and sheep with them.
Baaaaaaa! Baaaaaaaa!
Anon 9:46: You are aware that the Pyramid didn’t provide any shelter right? You understand there is a difference between a monument and a house, right? So, why did you make such a riduclous comment?
Oh, you can’t think of any rational criticism of AY, so you instead make the false assertion it’s just a make work program. Never mind the end result: housing for thousands of New Yorkers!
Thank you Anonymous 10:03, why don’t you just sign your post Ratner PR
Anon 10:03, have you seen Ratner’s other contributions to Brooklyn? What about that makes you trust this guy with a much larger scale development?
i disagree, the scale of this thing is PERFECT. that site is directly atop the nexus of 10 subway lines and the three largest roads in the borough. its perfectly in proportion to NYC’s other downtown, DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN. if you’re so afraid of density and urbanity, move to staten island
I agree. The scale of this thing is nuts. If we want to provide employment for union tradespeople from Long Island, why don’t we just build a pyramid?
I agree. The scale of this thing is nuts. If we want to provide employment for union tradespeople from Long Island, why don’t we just build a pyramid?