December 9, 2006: Vol. 29, No. 48
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Not Just Nets
Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006
Mama Mia! New center for Hurst
Development: Bensonhurst may soon look like a community of Michelangelo-sculpted Davids, thanks to the Federation of Italian American Organizations, which announced this week that it will begin building an athletic and cultural facility in the neighborhood this spring. Comment.
Ad-nauseam!
Atlantic Yards: The Atlantic Yards project is a threat to one of America’s national treasures — Brooklyn’s brownstone blocks — two preservation groups charged this week, citing new state renderings that show 15-story illuminated advertising billboards on either side of the development’s main building. Comment.
State is studying BQE shelf repairs
Development: A wider highway with new connections to the Brooklyn waterfront could replace the deteriorating, always-clogged decked section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that runs under the famed Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Comment.
Inside the orbit of Shelly Silver
Atlantic Yards: After the Empire State Development Corporation approves Atlantic Yards — as it is expected to do imminently — the project will be weighed by the state’s Public Authorities Control Board, whose membership is limited to New York’s three most-powerful men: Gov. Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R-Rensselaer) and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan). Comment.
$11M to tear down buildings on Fulton
Development: A real-estate developer has forked over nearly $11 million for a row of run-down, one-story storefronts near the Fulton Mall — and he’s planning something big (although how big remains to be seen). Comment.
Ratner stoop really blows
Atlantic Yards: Architect Frank Gehry has said the “front stoop” at the foot of his “Miss Brooklyn” tower will be a great place to hang out and read the paper or eat a sandwich at an outdoor bistro table. Comment.
‘For sale’ sign on Astrotower
Coney Island: For sale: One, 1960s-era, 275-foot-tall sightseeing tower, more than slightly used. Comment.
Ratner to pony-up rent
Atlantic Yards: Bruce Ratner is paying the rent. Comment.
