Atlantic Yards or Atlantic Lots?

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Atlantic Yards would:

Contain the same amount of development as 23 Williamsburgh Savings Banks

Generate over 20,000 new vehicle trips every day with no plan to avoid gridlock

Contain affordable housing that won't be affordable to average Brooklynites

Potentially be built without significant input from New Yorkers

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President of New York's development agency leaving (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Avi Schick, the state's leading development official who oversaw projects from Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards to ground zero, said Tuesday he'll leave his post at the agency in September for the private sector.

JPMorgan Chase WTC Development Plans in Doubt (Commercial Property News)

Has JPMorgan Chase finally backed off on plans to build an office tower at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan?

President of NY development agency leaving post in September (AM New York)

Avi Schick, the state's leading development official who oversaw projects from Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards to ground zero, said Tuesday he'll leave his post at the agency in September for the private sector.

Development agency chief leaving post (The Observer-Dispatch)

The president of New York state's economic development agency says he's leaving in September.

Brooklyn Diary: Pet fashion show host aims to make it work (New York Daily News)

When dogs and owners descend on Fulton Park for the Bedstuy-Petstuy talent and fashion show next month, organizer Madeline Smith will be crossing her fingers.

Brooklyn Tech building not slated for Atlantic Yards (New York Daily News)

A new building for Brooklyn Technical High School won't be part of the controversial Atlantic Yards project, city officials said.

Brooklyn's bloggers show real faces (New York Daily News)

Last week, the Brooklyn Lyceum hosted the third annual Brooklyn Blogfest, which was started by Louise ("Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn") Crawford in 2006 to put virtual names to actual faces.

Development Agency Is Losing Its President (New York Times)

Avi Schick, president of the state’s economic development agency, which is in the midst of a political overhaul, will step down in September.

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News Analysis: State Development Agency Buffeted by Slowing Economy and Internal Rifts (New York Times)

For more than a year, New York State’s main economic development agency has been in disarray, plagued by turf battles, poor management and the political collapse of Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

State Development Agency Buffeted by Slowing Economy and Internal Rifts (New York Times)

For more than a year, New York State?s main economic development agency has been in disarray, plagued by turf battles, poor management and the political collapse of Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

No Nets Arena Yet, but Suites Are on Sale (New York Times)

The effort to sell the luxury suites at the Nets’ proposed — and long-delayed — arena near downtown Brooklyn began Thursday with the opening of a showroom in Manhattan.

No Nets Arena Yet, but Suites Are on Sale (New York Times)

The effort to sell the luxury suites at the Nets? proposed and long-delayed arena near downtown Brooklyn began Thursday with the opening of a showroom in Manhattan.

JPMorgan Chase WTC Development Plans in Doubt (Commercial Property News)

Has JPMorgan Chase finally backed off on plans to build an office tower at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan?

Execs get Peek at Nets Arena Luxury Boxes (WNYC New York Public Radio)

The Nets begin selling luxury boxes to their arena at Atlantic Yards tonight, and they are hitting the Brooklyn connection hard. They created a promotional video that will be shown to about 130 busin....

Nets show off luxury suites (The Record)

NEW YORK -- The New Jersey Nets, who vow to move to Brooklyn in two years, kicked off a critical phase of that effort Wednesday with the opening of their new sales center in midtown Manhattan.

Frank Gehry's 'Miss Brooklyn' Renamed & Reconsidered (The New York Sun)

Forest City Ratner has this week released the latest plans for its contentious development of the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, more specifically for the parcel of its 22 acres that faces the southwest, looking past the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. In an architectural context that tends, over time, to drag all things down in the direction of safe and unassuming mediocrity, these plans, from the ...

New Designs for Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards Project Revealed Amid Controversy (Commercial Property News)

Forest City Ratner Cos., developer of the $4 billion mixed-use Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, just unveiled the most recent renderings of the development.

Atlantic Yards Loses Green Roof for Arena, 2016 Completion Date (WNYC New York Public Radio)

Forest City Ratner, the company developing the 22 acres over Brooklyn's Atlantic railyards, says it needs two more years to finish the massive arena and high rise project. It's pushing back its comp....

Give heave-ho to 'Lego,' say Atlantic Yards critics (New York Daily News)

One day after the release of scaled-back new designs for the controversial Atlantic Yards project, New Yorkers took a bite out of the spiraling, Lego-like remake of the signature 620-foot Miss Brooklyn building.
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