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Forest City releases designs for first Atlantic Yards residential tower — Brooklynian

Forest City releases designs for first Atlantic Yards residential tower

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  • karl the druid
    karl the druid

    behold

    the largest lego structure

    this side of the hudson

  • god
    god

    Wow! So uneventful in it's design.

  • boygabriel
    boygabriel

    Finally - the huge glass towers that the city has been so desperately missing.

  • salix
    salix

    OMG, it's 1980! How did I miss that time-warp???

  • jeffrey
    jeffrey

    Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Le Frak City, Brooklyn Lego edition.

    :|

    :|

    Now with more glass.

  • jeffrey
    jeffrey

    (Overheard in the FCR offices)

    "I'll make them regret the day they ran Frank Gehry out on a rail..."

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Nice!

    Atlantic Ave gets to plays the role of the LIE. The LIE runs by the lie. Love it.

  • jeffrey
    jeffrey

    FCR response:

    Oh, c'mon. It's the perfect complement to Atlantic Center.

  • brooksignal
    brooksignal

    OMG! You guys don't like it? Think you would've hated this too..

    Gehry's 8 Spuce St.

  • bill c
    bill c

    At least when ratner sold us the brooklyn bridge it looked nice.

  • jeffrey
    jeffrey

    BrookSignal:

    FCR removed Frank Gehry from this project two years ago.

    The current project has nothing to do with Frank Gehry or anything he designed.

    Your comment above makes no sense, two years after FCR booted Gehry and his original design and replaced it with cheap-looking, bland towers and a George Foreman Grill.

  • jeffrey
    jeffrey

    On the bright side, after some poking around beyond what the media reported the street view is designed to be lot more interesting:

    I had to dig around on the architect's own web site since the pics in the NY Times blog and the Atlantic Yards Report were only the zoomed-out ones appearing to be made up of just flat brick and glass with little else in the way of personality.

    I'll be the first to say I'm positively surprised by this design and that the zoomed-out pics are misleading.

    The situation and FCR's approach still sucks in general though. Not surprising how the side view of the new buildings changes perspective on the arena from a waffle/griddle iron to a heaping pile of cow dung.

    Yes, the Gehry design for the arena was absolutely way better.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Sadly, the advocates fell in love with the Gehry design without receiving any assurances that it would be the actual design.

  • stacey
    stacey

    The look of the building is not what bothers me - its the safety.

    "The trick for developers, architects and engineers in erecting taller modular buildings has been to design an economical bracing system to protect the structure from wind shear and seismic forces." (Quote taken from the New York Times Article).

    I do not want my community to be the guinea pig for this.

    So much for hiring the local community to build this. I have never in my life been more sad to say "I told you so".

  • brooksignal
    brooksignal

    jeffrey said:

    BrookSignal:

    FCR removed Frank Gehry from this project two years ago.

    The current project has nothing to do with Frank Gehry or anything he designed.

    Your comment above makes no sense, two years after FCR booted Gehry and his original design and replaced it with cheap-looking, bland towers and a George Foreman Grill.

    Ummmm duhhhh..... I was saying some people would have hated Gehry if it had been built, hell some would hate Brunelleschi if Ratner was behind it.

  • jeffrey
    jeffrey

    "Ummmm duhhhh....."

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    I love change. I envy Ratner.

    I love new buildings. I hate wasted urban space like the former AY site.

    I'd like to have an option whether I buy something or not with my money.

    If I am unable choose what I buy, I would like to get what I pay for instead being told I am buying one thing, only to get something else.

  • karl the druid
    karl the druid

    here is the original modular plan


  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    I like the honesty of the original modular design, but suspect it was most liked by those into scat.

  • boygabriel
    boygabriel

    whynot_31 said:

    I love change. I envy Ratner.

    I love new buildings. I hate wasted urban space like the former AY site.

    All new buildings are not equal.

    All real estate used for this monstrosity was not unused rail yards.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    When one considers that the arena would not have received permission without the CBA, all of the buildings are similar.

    FCR got a bargain. I envy him so much.

  • boygabriel
    boygabriel

    When one considers that the arena would not have received permission without the CBA, all of the buildings are similar.

    What?

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Think beyond brick and mortar, it will make sense.

    The symbolism of the design The Druid found may help.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    The new owners state they will construct two towers per year.

    http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/11/04/atlantic_yards_investor_expects_to_build_two_towers_a_year.php#reader_comments

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