Noticing New York

Forest City Ratner is looking to glom onto an awful lot of housing subsidy with respect to its proposed Atlantic Yards megadevelopment. If you’re … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

The unusual, long shot effort to get the state Court of Appeals to reopen the Atlantic Yards eminent domain case it dismissed in November … Read more

The unusual, long shot effort to get the state Court of Appeals to reopen the Atlantic Yards eminent domain case it dismissed in November could see a result as early … Read more

‘People Who Live Here Feel They Are Part of the Community at Large’

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

by Linda Collins

Some residents of Concord Village, the seven-building, … Read more

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Compiled by Linda Collins

“Compiling,” we take it, means re-writing the press release.

Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) reports it has awarded Hunt … Read more

Bisnow.com

Here’s an event not to be missed, with a keynote speech by the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s Seth Pinsky and a “panel of experts” featuring Forest … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

Hypocrisy alert!

The Times, Daily News and Post are shocked — shocked! — that the bidding for the Aqueduct “racino” contract may not have been … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

As previewed (Gotham Gazette, New York Times), State Senator Bill Perkins has introduced a sweeping bill (S. 6971) to redefine eminent domain by redefining … Read more

Queens Crap, How your nabe gets screwed in Bloomie’s budget

The Queens Tribune has an excellent rundown on how Bloomturd has decided to screw each individual community … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

Norman Oder reports on his collection of an award from the Owners’ Counsel of America.

I traveled on the OCA’s dime to the … Read more

On February 5, I got an award for my Atlantic Yards coverage:Owners’ Counsel of America (OCA) will honor two journalists in 2010 with the Crystal Eagle Award for their remarkable … Read more

The Watering Hole

by Clinton Miller

New York State Governor David Patterson has been criticized by New York State Republicans, The Daily News and The New York … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

Facts bite newspaper.

Does the Courier-Life chain have any editors?

This week’s print issue of the Park Slope … Read more

Battle of Brooklyn via Kickstarter

We have a rough cut screening set up in Dallas at the Magnolia Theater- Feb 16th 7:30.

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Atlantic Yards Report

The purchase of Stuveysant Town by Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty turned out to be a disaster due to overly-rosy projections. A more critical look at … Read more

New York Times

This article points out the challenge in funding new city parks. One solution for the Brooklyn Bridge Park was to build luxury housing in the park to … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

I wrote last month about the dubious notion of finding blight adjacent to a thriving shopping strip on Vanderbilt Avenue.

Here’s another piece … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

With news on the Atlantic Yards front slow on a mid-winter Friday, Norman Oder decided to take a look back at the three-and-a-half year legal battle … Read more

The legal battles regarding the Atlantic Yards project are epic and, while nearing conclusion, hardly over. Here are some flashbacks to the arguments over eminent domain, first in federal court, … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

Norman Oder has an update on the state of the Atlantic Yards arena bond financing:

So, the Atlantic Yards junk bonds were back on the … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

The New York Daily News and the New York Post are quite exercised, not inappropriately, about the selection of Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which has … Read more

So, the Atlantic Yards junk bonds were back on the market this week, and the Brooklyn Arena Holding Company (BAHC) may be selling them soon, near or at a hefty … Read more

MartinLutherKingHomeless

A group calling itself MartinLutherKingHomeless has asked iconic Brooklyn-born-and-bred entertainer and Nets minority investor Jay-Z to add his voice to efforts to reopen the Prospect Heights homeless shelter … Read more

Photo by Tracy Collins, via flickr Atlantic Yards Photo Pool.

Carlton Avenue at Dean Street

Prospect Heights

Brooklyn, New York  … Read more

In 2010, we all have an opinion of the proposed Atlantic Yards Barclay’s Center, but how many people are aware that Brooklyn already had its own multi-venue sports and social … Read more

Gotham Gazette

by David King

Gotham Gazette publishes a lengthy piece today on the potential for eminent domain reform in New York State, well worth a read.

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Atlantic Yards Report

Norman Oder had the, um, pleasure, of attending Marty Markowitz’s swearing-in and State-of-the-Borough address last night.

Well, Atlantic Yards is still not quite … Read more

NY1

After being sworn in for a third term Wednesday night by Mayor Bloomberg, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz outlined his commitment to several high profile projects. … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

Norman Oder reports on chimerical construction and the faulty attribution of a faulty newspaper story.

Forest City Ratner has not held the arena … Read more

Puzzling New York

by Morgan Doninger

Brooklyn’s Loss is Seattle’s Gain

Scott M.X. Turner is one of those guys that makes something … Read more