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Rail>Auto · #**641** Posted **Dec 17, 2011, 5:47 AM**

Any updates?

2-TOWERS · #**642** Posted **Dec 18, 2011, 4:05 PM**

from what i have seen so far , this arena will be a heck of alot better then Staples Center....which has been the new king !!!!!

Rizzo · #**643** Posted **Dec 30, 2011, 2:58 AM**

It's been quiet over here.

AYInfoNYC · #**644** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 3:26 PM**

http://atlanticyardswatch.net

Atlantic Yards Watch is a community-based initiative to protect the health & livability of neighborhoods impacted by Atlantic Yards & the Barclay's Arena.

If you are impacted or having a problem related to Atlantic Yards, please visit http://atlanticyardswatch.net & post an incident report.

THE BIG APPLE · #**645** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 4:21 PM**

atlanticyardswebcam02

As can be seen the roof is nearly complete.

AYInfoNYC · #**646** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 5:05 PM**

Read about what's going on @ Barclay's Arena...

www.atlanticyardswatch.net

Crawford · #**647** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 6:15 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by AYInfoNYC

http://atlanticyardswatch.net

Atlantic Yards Watch is a community-based initiative to protect the health & livability of neighborhoods impacted by Atlantic Yards & the Barclay's Arena.

If you are impacted or having a problem related to Atlantic Yards, please visit http://atlanticyardswatch.net & post an incident report.

Just FYI, this post is complete propaganda. I'm no moderator, but I would call this spam.

Atlantic Yards Watch is a NIMBY organization that tried to stop Atlantic Yards from being built. They (and their proxies) filed countless lawsuits, and they are extremely well funded, thanks to some wealthy and prominent brownstone Brooklyn residents.

Atlantic Yards is NOT a "community-based initiative", and they have NOTHING to do with "neighborhood health and livability". They were simply dedicated from stopping anything from being built in their neighborhood, and when that failed, they dedicated their resources to slandering the project at every turn.

mr1138 · #**648** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 7:21 PM**

Agreed... one glance at that website tells me it is one giant smear campaign. The "posts" are just an itemized list of nit-picks about construction zone inconveniences. What a joke!

AYInfoNYC · #**649** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 8:39 PM**

@Crawford@mr1138:

You don't live in the NABE, Atlantic Yards Watch wasn't around then so it has NOTHING to do with stopping Barclay's Arena.... it started AFTER construction .... so YOUR posts are complete propaganda.... you don't know what your talking about.... there is NO funding of any kind.... so it you that is slandering....

PM me off line & you can have a tour of the "just an itemized list of nit-picks about construction zone inconveniences"....

Crawford · #**650** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 9:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by AYInfoNYC

@Crawford@mr1138:

You don't live in the NABE,

I live most of the year in Park Slope, right on 8th Ave., a few blocks past Flatbush.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AYInfoNYC

Atlantic Yards Watch wasn't around then so it has NOTHING to do with stopping Barclay's Arena.... it started AFTER construction .... so YOUR posts are complete propaganda.... you don't know what your talking about.... there is NO funding of any kind.... so it you that is slandering....

This is all nonsense.

Atlantic Yards Report is a successor organization to "Develop Don't Destroy". They couldn't continue with this previous organization, because their main organizer was paid millions to shut down the organization in a consent agreement with Ratner.

In essence, "Develop Don't Destroy" sold out its constituents for cash.

Atlantic Yards went ahead, with the multitude of lawsuits all dismissed, and the angry NIMBY remnants coalesced around a new "Atlantic Yards Report", which, resigned to not stopping the project, have tried to make the project as slow, cumbersome and painful as possible, by nitpicking every single action at the site.

Sorry, NIMBYs, you lost. Atlantic Yards is being built, and, so far, looks pretty decent by my eyes. Certainly better than vacant lots and a rail yard.

AYInfoNYC · #**651** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 9:23 PM**

Oh, most of the year.... so you don't 'live' in the NABE.... I live here 100% of the time... so the 'next" time you "live in Brooklyn" take a tour...

AGAIN you are just espousing more complete Ratner propaganda... Atlantic Yards Report & Atlantic Yards Watch & Develop Don't Destroy are NOT connected in any way... what proof do you have? DDDB is an ORG, Atlantic Yards Report is Norman ODER & Atlantic Yards Watch IS a community-based initiative, ask the ESDC they get an ear full from the ENTIRE community... Below is her contact:

AtlanticYards@esd.ny.gov. If you have any specific questions or concerns about the construction site, please contact Arana J. Hankin, Director, Atlantic Yards Project @ (212) 803-3766

Either you are clueless or work for FCR....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crawford

I live most of the year in Park Slope, right on 8th Ave., a few blocks past Flatbush.

This is all nonsense.

Atlantic Yards Report is a successor organization to "Develop Don't Destroy". They couldn't continue with this previous organization, because their main organizer was paid millions to shut down the organization in a consent agreement with Ratner.

In essence, "Develop Don't Destroy" sold out its constituents for cash.

Atlantic Yards went ahead, with the multitude of lawsuits all dismissed, and the angry NIMBY remnants coalesced around a new "Atlantic Yards Report", which, resigned to not stopping the project, have tried to make the project as slow, cumbersome and painful as possible, by nitpicking every single action at the site.

Sorry, NIMBYs, you lost. Atlantic Yards is being built, and, so far, looks pretty decent by my eyes. Certainly better than vacant lots and a rail yard.

vandelay · #**652** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 9:47 PM**

I had dinner in Park Slope the other night and checked out the construction. So far it's incredibly drab, industrial looking, and deliberately ugly. It doesn't do much with the site either. The view up 5th avenue is a let down, when it could have been a landmark. In summary,

.

AYInfoNYC · #**653** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 12:46 AM**

If you the Barclay's Arena is drab.... look @ the 1st building @ Dean St & Flatbush Ave.... even the Wall Street Journal doesn't like it....

The Real Deal
http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/44757

Bruce Ratner's Exercise in Bland

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...NewsCollection
or
http://tinyurl.com/7ff2k8l

Quote:

Originally Posted by vandelay

I had dinner in Park Slope the other night and checked out the construction. So far it's incredibly drab, industrial looking, and deliberately ugly. It doesn't do much with the site either. The view up 5th avenue is a let down, when it could have been a landmark. In summary, :yuck:.

NYguy · #**654** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 12:43 PM**

Again, the Atlantic Yards development has already been approved, and development is underway. As far as the architecture goes, it could have been the best designed complex on earth, and those who are against it would still be against it. As far as any construction issues, no development in New York goes without complications, it would be foolish to expect otherwise here, one of the largest in the City. It's time people accept this inevitable development and move on. We are not going to turn this thread into some type of anti-building campaign.

2-TOWERS · #**655** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 3:17 PM**

its looking great.....

AYInfoNYC · #**656** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 10:27 PM**

The weathering process for fabricating the weathered steel for the Barclay's Center facade...

NYguy · #**657** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 10:51 PM**

Ok, lets get this thread back on track.

atlanticyardswebcam02

sbarn · #**658** Posted **Jan 4, 2012, 7:08 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by AYInfoNYC

Oh, most of the year.... so you don't 'live' in the NABE.... I live here 100% of the time... so the 'next" time you "live in Brooklyn" take a tour...

AGAIN you are just espousing more complete Ratner propaganda... Atlantic Yards Report & Atlantic Yards Watch & Develop Don't Destroy are NOT connected in any way... what proof do you have? DDDB is an ORG, Atlantic Yards Report is Norman ODER & Atlantic Yards Watch IS a community-based initiative, ask the ESDC they get an ear full from the ENTIRE community... Below is her contact:

AtlanticYards@esd.ny.gov. If you have any specific questions or concerns about the construction site, please contact Arana J. Hankin, Director, Atlantic Yards Project @ (212) 803-3766

Either you are clueless or work for FCR....

I'm so sick of this kind of crap... this is not what this website is about.

Rizzo · #**659** Posted **Jan 5, 2012, 12:15 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hayward

It's been quiet over here.

LOL, I say it's quiet, then come back and see an uproar.

NYguy · #**660** Posted **Jan 5, 2012, 12:33 AM**

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runnin...lyn_nets_s.php

Brooklyn Nets Set To Go All Disney On Their Employees

By Myles Tanzer
Jan. 2 2012

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When you have to open an arena that seats a crowd of 18,000 skeptical New Yorkers, there's really only one person you can call to give you advice -- dear old Mickey Mouse. The House of Mouse entertains visitors with extreme robotic precision and that's what the Brooklyn Nets are looking to emulate. According to The New York Post, the owners of the Barclays Center, the new home of the Brooklyn Nets, are working closely with the Walt Disney employee training division to make sure their workers are well versed in perfect customer service. The Nets are even thinking about using 4-D sensory technology that could even make Walt's frozen face change into a grin.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/b...I7oLC819AAbBjN

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http://www.observer.com/2012/01/excl...rotech-center/
New Jersey Nets Ink Office Deal at MetroTech Center

By Daniel Geiger
1/04

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The New Jersey Nets are taking another step closer to becoming Brooklyn’s first professional sports team since the Dodgers walked away from the borough almost 55 years ago, sources revealed to The Commercial Observer yesterday.

The team is relocating its corporate headquarters from East Rutherford to Downtown Brooklyn, where the organization is taking 35,145 square feet at the office building 15 MetroTech Center. The Nets will take the space for between five and 10 years at rents in the $30s per square foot, said sources.

The Nets will take possession of the office space in the coming months in preparation for the 2012-2013 season. That season, which begins this October, will be the first the team will play at the Barclays Center, the new arena being built for the organization by developer and partial Nets owner Forest City Ratner as part of a large mixed use real estate project over Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards.