Ward's Bakery: The Calm Before the Storm
There were more protesters and members of the media than construction workers on site this morning at Ward’s Bakery. The Hagan sisters were there with their signs and Norman Oder with his camera. Meanwhile, the only instrument of destruction onsite was this Keyspan backhoe. Bulldozers for Ward’s Bakery [Brownstoner]
There were more protesters and members of the media than construction workers on site this morning at Ward’s Bakery. The Hagan sisters were there with their signs and Norman Oder with his camera. Meanwhile, the only instrument of destruction onsite was this Keyspan backhoe.
Bulldozers for Ward’s Bakery [Brownstoner]
This demolition is a perfect example of the Atlantic Yards Effect.
Also, I thought the 15000 commuters that were being added were all going to drive down Flatbush avenue to work…that is, the one who weren’t driving down Atlantic and 4th avenue and causing the kind of gridlock that makes the polar ice shelves crumble.
If they’re really all going to take the 2/3 train, then I’ll just have to take the Q, and that would really ruin my day.
“I take the 2/3 from GAP ever morning and find it to be a very doable commute.”
Of course, because you’re on the train before Atlantic Ave. Try waiting on that platform – and finding room on the first two or three trains that come by. And then add 15,000 more commuters.
By the way (and as usual), all of the opponents are white and all of the proponents are black.
I fail to see the beauty of this building. It looks like the tiles of a shower stall.
5:42,
I take the 2/3 from GAP ever morning and find it to be a very doable commute. If you want crowded, try boarding the L train at Bedford Ave.
Euryximachus – one of the most ridiculous posts I’ve seen from you. BTW, Rater is an alum of Harvard undergrad and Columbia law.
David,
It’s just not true that all opponents are implacably opposed to the arena. You make it very hard to discuss this when you are so oblivious to fact. The Brooklyn Speaks website isn’t simply a website — please don’t be so silly. It’s a large coalition of groups.
I don’t understand your comment about elections. As you know, every local elected official and community board from the vicinity of AY has asked for modifications and has been turned down. What was your point exactly? Yes, people have been elected on the local level, they have responded to their constituents by making various demands of the ESDC and FCRC, and they have been ignored because all the political clout in this project is at the State level. So this is one of those situations where a developer has deftly managed to by-pass the local political process and get a project approved by the State. How do you figure, then, that this project represents the collective will of the people of Brooklyn???
I don’t understand your objection to planning for transit in the context of very large scale development. This is the biggest development project in Brooklyn — EVER. Shouldn’t such an extremely large project require comprehensive planning for all of the issues that have been raised? I cannot fathom your objection to planning for these things. How do you think they get done? By chance?
The limitation on the height of the “Miss Brooklyn” skyscraper was not a modification in response to criticism — it was planned in advance as a political maneuver — and it is not a substantive change with respect to the many negative impacts that have been identified. The overall size of the project mushroomed since it was proposed in 2003, and then was cut back — to the original size! Please — this is not a modification in response to criticism. This is a ploy.
Anon at 5:13 — really? I find it quite crowded, and dread the addition of 15,000 more people using that stations!
i love frank gehry.
disney hall is gorgeous.
Another edifying discussion on AY. Any mention of AY brings out the cretins.