Entries in Real Estate (28)
Atlantic Yards: What's missing from this picture?
Below is a wider view of Ratner's latest work on Dean Street and Sixth Avenue.
The two buildings on the far left are now gone.
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in Photography, Brooklyn, Real Estate, Atlantic Yards, Development, Architecture, demolition, Planning, Barclays Bank, Forest City Ratner, Adrian Kinloch, Black Friday, Sixth Avenue, Dean Street
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Coney Island: Open to Ideas
The Centre for an Urban Future has just published Coney Island Visions. The report presents ideas for a vision of Coney from a diverse and meaningful range of contributors, including Jonathan Lethem and Eric Zimmerman. Norman Oder over on Atlantic Yards Report offers a couple of his own suggestions.
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in Brooklyn, News, Real Estate, Development, Architecture, Coney Island, Local Author, Planning, seaside, Astroland, urban planning, Jonathan Lethem, Eric Zimmerman
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A New View on Atlantic Yards
Forest City Ratner has completed the demolition of the Ward Bakery, so through the gap on Dean Street there is now a clear view to Atlantic Avenue and beyond.
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in Brooklyn, Real Estate, Housing, Atlantic Yards, Development, Architecture, demolition, Planning, Forest City Ratner, Empire State Building
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Today's To-Do List
A couple of reminders from the residents of Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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in Photography, Brooklyn, Real Estate, Fine Art, Event, Park Slope, Obama, Art, creative, Adrian Kinloch, McCain, Palin
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Brooklyn Sky: Reduction
Looks like another condo has gone up since I was last on the roof. This is in the direction of 4th Avenue.
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in Photography, Brooklyn, Real Estate, Development, Park Slope, Adrian Kinloch
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The Future of Coney Island
Visitors looked a little lost outside the gates of Astroland today, peering through the fence and taking pictures under the entrance sign. I also noticed the banners (which also feature in the Coney Island Development Corporation newsletter), designed to "showcase iconic neighborhood landmarks." The baseball banner, for example, hangs next to where all the batting cages used to be.
Earlier this week, I attended the panel discussion Coney Island at the Crossroads, hosted by the Municipal Arts Society to discuss the new zoning plan for Coney (the "next act"). Speakers included MAS president Kent Barwick; Purnima Kapur of the NYC Department of City Planning; Lynn Kelly, President of the Coney Island Development Corporation; Carol Hill Albert, owner of Astroland; Dick Zigun, director of Coney Island USA; and Sheryl Robertson, director of South Brooklyn Youth Consortium.
You can find out more about the plan here, and download the PDF brochure here, with plenty of seductive "renderings."
A surprise pleasure was meeting Harold Kramer, grandson of the Thunderbolt roller coaster owners. He now runs a bar in Williamsburg.
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in Photography, Brooklyn, Real Estate, Development, demolition, Coney Island, Event, Planning, Signs I Like, Film location, Dick Zigun, Astroland, urban planning
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Lost in the Jungle at Coney Island
Remains of old summer bungalows can still just be made out, in amongst the vegetation between West 32nd and West 33rd Streets. This view is from the boardwalk.
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in Photography, Brooklyn, Real Estate, Architecture, Coney Island
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