7.27|Tuesday | BROOKLYN (the borough)

Jessica Dailey

ue, 27 Jul 2010 13:14:58 GM

In other . Atlantic Yards. news, one of Brooklyn's notable conversions of a historic manufacturing building to condominiums is reportedly in the footprint of the new stadium. The Brooklyn Eagle . reports. that the warehouse was once home to ...

Exhibit: The City We Imagined/The City We Made: New New York 2001 ...

Norman Oder

hu, 10 Jun 2010 10:04:00 GM

It's well worth watching and, yes, . Atlantic Yards. is a component of the story. Still--and this is some useful perspective for those of us focused on AY--so much in New York has changed that it's understandable that.

Doctoroff posits justification for Atlantic Yards : Downtown ...

Norman Oder

hu, 15 Jul 2010 10:01:00 GM

Updated July 19 with link to video and additional verbatim comments. The AY discussion comes about two-thirds of the way through.Former Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Dan Doctoroff has to be feeling pretty good. ...

The Job Development Authority, creator of BALDC (issuer of AY debt ...

Norman Oder

ue, 13 Jul 2010 11:24:00 GM

It sure looks like State Senator Bill Perkins' concerns about the Job Development Authority (JDA), the shadowy alter ego of the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) that was used to create the Brooklyn Arena Local Development ...

Brooklyn's Disappearing Buses: How Budget Cuts Affect Your Ride ...

Jessica Dailey

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:00:20 GM

Head of New York City Rent Board Marvin Markus Resigns (NY Daily News) Streets Will Be Taken Off The Grid For Atlantic Yards Project (Gothamist) Carlton Avenue Bridge Reopening Date Now April 2012 (. Atlantic Yards Report. ) ...

AY lobbyist Lipsky flunks sustainability

Norman Oder

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GM

Lobbyist Richard Lipsky was paid $15000 last year by the . Atlantic Yards. Development Group (and $1000 by FC East River Associates, which is developing East River Plaza in East Harlem), so that may be enough to keep him writing things ...

Demolition proceeds on Dean Street

Norman Oder

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:24:00 GM

According to the latest . Atlantic Yards. Construction Update, this is one of several buildings on the arena block for which demolition is in process or anticipated.For​ those curious, Breeze Demolition of Red Hook is not part of the ...

No Land Grab: Last Rites for The Spalding Building

eric

ue, 27 Jul 2010 14:10:11 GM

From . Atlantic Yards Report. comes the sad news that the Spalding Building at 24 6th Avenue is being prepped to meet its maker. Another clear example of an architectural eyesore that needed to be purged from the blighted neighborhood. ...

PSCC Editor: "I actually believed the assurances [by] Forest City ...

Norman Oder

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:10:00 GM

Park Slope) after six years editing the Park Slope Civic Council's Civic News--as good a community publication of its type that you'll find--and, in his final column, admits to some initial naivete about the . Atlantic Yards. project. ...

No Land Grab: "Temporary Change of Traffic Pattern on Flatbush ...

eric

ue, 27 Jul 2010 15:32:06 GM

Atlantic Yards Report. . The Empire State Development Corporation yesterday sent out a Community Notice (embedded below) announcing a "Temporary Change of Traffic Pattern on Flatbush Avenue" that will begin on August 1 and affect the area ...

Atlantic Yards Report : Behind Vision Plan for the Fourth Avenue ...

Norman Oder

Sat, 15 May 2010 09:24:00 GM

Here's previous coverage of some of the community-based​ process, in which the top-down planning process for . Atlantic Yards. came in for a lot more criticism than is in the more politic . report. issued yesterday. ...

My Times op-ed: "A Russian Billionaire, the Nets and Sweetheart Deals"

Norman Oder

ue, 22 Jun 2010 03:54:29 GM

Balancing (?) a one-source portrait of Bruce Ratner, today's New York Times Sports section offers a piece by me labeled "essay" (initially "analysis") that I'd simply call an "op-ed," headlined A Russian Billionaire, ...

Is ten-year AY schedule reasonable? Judge puts ESDC on the ...

Norman Oder

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:43:00 GM

was put on the defensive yesterday, forced to acknowledge that there are far fewer penalties for delays in completing the . Atlantic Yards. project as a whole than those for the first phase, which includes the arena and three towers. ...

Greg David of Crain's: Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff "orchestrated ...

Norman Oder

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:53:00 GM

Greg David of Crain's New York Business offers a section about former Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Dan Doctoroff, with a paragraph about . Atlantic Yards. :Even without the Olympics as a rationale, he made remarkable progress.

At meeting on street closings, information (Forest City's planned ...

Norman Oder

hu, 25 Feb 2010 12:31:13 GM

Some significant information--an​d evasion--emerge​d during last night's meeting on street closings and transportation changes for . Atlantic Yards. , sponsored by three City Council Members and held at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in ...

City provides $32.5M cash for project infrastructure, claims total ...

Norman Oder

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:54:00 GM

Yesterday, the Empire State Development Corporation amended the State Funding Agreement for . Atlantic Yards. so it could pass along an additional $32.5 million in city funding to Forest City Ratner for project-related​ infrastructure.​ ...

No Land Grab: The paradox of "Google News"--or, how AYR original ...

steve

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:55:34 GM

If you search on "Atlantic Yards" in Google Blogs, not only do . Atlantic Yards Report. posts and articles appear in the list, but AYR gets prominence up top, as shown in this screenshot from July 11. ... But if you search on "Atlantic ...

Panel discusses CBA reforms; in successful West Coast CBAs ...

Norman Oder

ue, 18 May 2010 11:29:00 GM

Even if experts disagree on some aspects of reforming Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) in New York City, they pretty much agree on several factors that, in their absence, detract from the legitimacy of the . Atlantic Yards. ...

Atlantic Yards math! A minimum from one perspective is a maximum ...

Norman Oder

Mon, 17 May 2010 10:57:00 GM

Sometimes the Empire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner talk out of both sides of their collective mouth, thus challenging the spirit, if not the letter, of agreements regarding both surface parking and community ...

Which comes first, economic growth or real estate development?

Norman Oder

Sun, 16 May 2010 10:25:00 GM

David Paterson claimed . Atlantic Yards. would "have job creation the likes of which Brooklyn has never seen?"Consider this quote: Real estate development doesn't create economic growth, it follows it.(Italics in original)The source is The ...