Tag Archive | "Atlantic Yards"

New Jersey Mourns Loss Of Nets and Pines For Replacement

Friday, March 12, 2010

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Lost in all of the hubub about Atlantic Yards is the question of who or what will fill the sporting void left in New Jersey by the Nets’ migration to Brooklyn. Well, the Bergen Record [...]

Newsdump, Pt. 2

Friday, March 12, 2010

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More items, only some of them related to Atlantic Yards… —Mayor Bloomberg announced that he has secured a commitment from Forest City Ratner to ensure that half of the housing units in the first tower [...]

What does it mean? Scholars discuss Atlantic Yards

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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What could the Atlantic Yards project mean for the future of the neighborhood? Scholars use the past to understand the future in the latest story in our full-day coverage of the Atlantic Yards controversy.

Watch the Protests at Atlantic Yards

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Hundreds of protestors gathered this afternoon to protest the Atlantic Yards building project. Hear the chants, read the signs, mock the bobbleheads – all thanks to our video coverage from outside the event. In case [...]

Scholars: What Atlantic Yards Could Mean

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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By Mustafa Mehdi Vural Atlantic Yards will change Brooklyn. But there is no unanimity among urban historians and scholars on what this change will mean for the borough. For the last six years, Atlantic Yards [...]

Video – Hundreds Protest Atlantic Yards

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Van Tieu and Yepoka Yeebo Angry residents gathered at Barclays Center outside  the Atlantic Yards Project to protest as Governor David Paterson and other officials broke ground on the new home of the New Jersey [...]

Read The Live Blog!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Did you miss our in-depth live blog that brought you scene after great scene of the tumultuous, epoch-shifting groundbreaking ceremony for the Atlantic Yards project today? Then we are going to make sure you read [...]

Pics From Inside The Groundbreaking Ceremony Tent

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Our own Yepoka Yeepo has gotten inside the invite-only tent (yes, “invite-only”—we thought this was a big celebration, but they don’t want everybody to come) and sends us these iPhone snapshots. From the looks of [...]

Barclays and Freddy’s Both Invested In Atlantic Yards, For Different Reasons

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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A couple more Atlantic Yards-related items (that’s right, we’re sort of obsessed): Barclays Center, the arena where the Nets will play, has a swanky Web site celebrating the arena’s eventual arrival in Brooklyn. It has [...]

Atlantic Yards Live Blog

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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By Jack Mirkinson Our own Vinnie Rotondaro is at the Atlantic Yards site and is sending us frequent updates: 10 AM: There is already a police presence consisting of two squad cars and five police [...]