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Queue Up The Rocky Music

Posted by IsaChandra on Wednesday 6 July 2005 at 11:28 pm
rocky.jpgWe seem to have a competition.

NY1 Reports:
"A surprise competing bid was entered Wednesday for the Brooklyn rail yards where developer Bruce Ratner wants to bring the New Jersey Nets and erect a row of giant skyscrapers."

Also, ltjbukem relays a message from Develop Don’t Destroy:
"Today at 5 pm, EXTELL Company submitted a bid to the MTA to develop the Vanderbilt Yards (aka Brooklyn Atlantic Yards)

Extell responded to DDDb’s call. We met with them along with Marshall Brown of the AYDWS, and went over the UNITY plan with them. We explained to them why the community was opposed to the Ratner proposal, and urged them to put in a proposal to build as per the community guidelines: http://dddb.net/principles/

We know there are many many questions. What type of bid? How high are they building? How much affordable housing? What process will they go through? How will they work with the community?

Extell will be putting out a Press Release at 5pm today when many of these questions will be answered. "

Has anyone seen the press release from Extell?

Update: Much more info plus a mock up for the Extell proposal from Newsday.

Pinky Swear: You are Not Being Silenced!

Posted by IsaChandra on Wednesday 6 July 2005 at 2:35 pm
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Miss Brooklyn: Meet your Maker

Posted by IsaChandra on Wednesday 6 July 2005 at 1:08 pm

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The NY Times goes on a date with Atlantic Yards architect Frank Gehry. Meanwhile, area residents wonder “Why is it crooked?” in the Daily News.

"’Why are the buildings crooked?’ asked Manfred Pastrano, 36, a real estate investor in Prospect Heights, when he saw the latest renderings of the project.

‘That looks like downtown Manhattan,’ said Frederick Nixon, 46, a Transit Authority employee who lives on nearby Vanderbilt Ave. ‘I don’t want to be anywhere near that.’

‘It looks great, but not in Brooklyn,’ agreed Joe Pastore, 61, who lives at 473 Dean St., which would be razed to become center court at the Nets arena, if Ratner has his way.

‘Brooklyn should be Brooklyn, and people should live there with no skyscrapers and office towers. This is a place where people live,’ Pastore said………

But some Brooklynites were impressed by the grand plans for reflecting pools, walkways and sleek high-rise towers that may include up to 7,300 apartments along Atlantic Ave.

“Wow, that’s nice,” said Alex Debranche, 30, who owns an ice cream company in Flatbush.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, one of the plan’s earliest and loudest cheerleaders, called the latest designs “exciting” and “awe-inspiring.”"

It is interesting that there are plastic slip covers draping some of the buildings- an homage to my Brooklyn grandmother? In any case, Ratner’s bid is expected today. [NY 1]

NYC 2012: Get on with your life

Posted by IsaChandra on Wednesday 6 July 2005 at 12:15 pm

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