Gothamist: Ratner Vows to Break Ground on Atlantic Yards in December

NannyState

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:12:46 -0500

Frank Gehry haphazardly plays with cardboard and paper forms and then his techie assistant goes over the whole thing with a scanning wand to digitize the forms and the rest becomes...a useless steaming pile. "Fresh Kills Arena" -doesn't that sound better?

TooTallJeff

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:59:01 -0500

12: "It looks like Ralph Wiggum made an art project." You win.

abzme

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:26:25 -0500

It looks like Ralph Wiggum made an art project.

Headzo

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:58:34 -0500

PBRK- "that whole 2008 Olympics thing" is a stadium, not an arena. That being said, I will agree that the Bird's Nest is far superior to this turd. Ratner should hire the architects of the Bird's Nest for Atlantic Yards. (Herzog & de Meuron - also the architects of 40 Bond)

Spiritof76

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:47:44 -0500

I never took architecture classes, but I bet I can slap together something in a few minutes, label it a Gehry design and nobody would be any the wiser except Gehry and his firm. Time for Gov Paterson to pull the plug on this monstrosity.

PBRK

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:20:23 -0500

Most exciting arena in the world? I guess they missed that whole 2008 Olympics thing.

EricGewiz

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:19:51 -0500

If this actually gets built (and I hope none of it does, and the land gets redeveloped more to the landscape of the surrounding neighborhoods and density), then they'll pit the "Worlds Most Famous Arena" vs. "The World's Most Exciting Arena." I'm sure the Dolans will love that when scheduling concerts, events, etc. around basketball games.

whitecastlerock

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:18:59 -0500

Please Mr RATner, take the shitty Nets over the Nassau Coliseum. They used to play over there in the 1970s. Brooklyn, or any borough for that matter, doesn't need this huge pile of shit dropped down in the middle of it. The city will survive without the Nets and these abominable buildings.

Pull My Finger

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:46:05 -0500

What a butt ugly pile of shit.

Toby von Meistersinger

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:42:22 -0500

That picture looks like the model was dropped in transit, then hastily put together. Oh wait, it is a Frank Gehry "design". Hopefully this will just wind up being another Westway.

ianmac47

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:36:33 -0500

At this point, this is a lose / lose proposition for anti-development activists. Either the project breaks ground come December, and development foes lose because the project moves forward, or activists lose because the project falls apart and the land sits vacant and desolate for a dozen years while someone pieces together a new project.

aa77

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:14:49 -0500

it looks like Frank Gehry has never set foot in Brooklyn. and if it gets built, he better not ever.

Tgirl

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:11:37 -0500

the grunge look comes to architecture

Kojak

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:02:12 -0500

wtf is that?