Astute comment on NYT article on 5 Ways to Fix NYC Housing Crisis: learn a lesson from #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK delays
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December 2, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Astute comment on NYT article on 5 Ways to Fix NYC Housing Crisis: learn a lesson from #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK delays
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Transparency fail: why, in a June 2024 discussion about proposed development at #AtlanticYards Site 5, parcel catercorner to #BarclaysCenter, did #EmpireStateDevelopment officials not disclose changes they'd already backed in 2021?
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#PacificParkBK
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#PacificParkBK
December 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Transparency fail: why, in a June 2024 discussion about proposed development at #AtlanticYards Site 5, parcel catercorner to #BarclaysCenter, did #EmpireStateDevelopment officials not disclose changes they'd already backed in 2021?
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#PacificParkBK
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#PacificParkBK
Strong piece & a reason I subscribed.
Heirs of Moses include unaccountable public authorities, like Empire State Development, aka Urban Development Corp.
Zukin mentions (stalled) Penn Station and (failed) Amazon projects, but I'd bet #AtlanticYards gets an ESD boost in 2025
Heirs of Moses include unaccountable public authorities, like Empire State Development, aka Urban Development Corp.
Zukin mentions (stalled) Penn Station and (failed) Amazon projects, but I'd bet #AtlanticYards gets an ESD boost in 2025
December 19, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Strong piece & a reason I subscribed.
Heirs of Moses include unaccountable public authorities, like Empire State Development, aka Urban Development Corp.
Zukin mentions (stalled) Penn Station and (failed) Amazon projects, but I'd bet #AtlanticYards gets an ESD boost in 2025
Heirs of Moses include unaccountable public authorities, like Empire State Development, aka Urban Development Corp.
Zukin mentions (stalled) Penn Station and (failed) Amazon projects, but I'd bet #AtlanticYards gets an ESD boost in 2025
#AtlanticYards developer Cirrus seeking $350M in NYS subsidies to build crucial platform over railyard
normanoder.substack.com/p/developer-...
An opportunity to ensure public goods like affordable housing, or a giveaway?
Cirrus/LCOR also seek more bulk (worth $320M?), housing subsidies & tax breaks
normanoder.substack.com/p/developer-...
An opportunity to ensure public goods like affordable housing, or a giveaway?
Cirrus/LCOR also seek more bulk (worth $320M?), housing subsidies & tax breaks
March 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
#AtlanticYards developer Cirrus seeking $350M in NYS subsidies to build crucial platform over railyard
normanoder.substack.com/p/developer-...
An opportunity to ensure public goods like affordable housing, or a giveaway?
Cirrus/LCOR also seek more bulk (worth $320M?), housing subsidies & tax breaks
normanoder.substack.com/p/developer-...
An opportunity to ensure public goods like affordable housing, or a giveaway?
Cirrus/LCOR also seek more bulk (worth $320M?), housing subsidies & tax breaks
Regarding Brooklyn Marine Terminal Plan, BrooklynSpeaks leaders Simon & de la Uz at odds re #AtlanticYards Lessons
normanoder.substack.com/p/regarding-...
With task force vote scheduled today, @brooklyneagle.bsky.social offers useful essays.
I'm not convinced BMT can escape #AtlanticYards doubts.
normanoder.substack.com/p/regarding-...
With task force vote scheduled today, @brooklyneagle.bsky.social offers useful essays.
I'm not convinced BMT can escape #AtlanticYards doubts.
Regarding Brooklyn Marine Terminal Plan, BrooklynSpeaks' Leaders Simon & de la Uz at Odds re Atlantic Yards Lessons
With task force vote scheduled today, Brooklyn Eagle offers useful package of nine essays, pro and con. (I'm not convinced BMT can escape Atlantic Yards doubts.)
normanoder.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Regarding Brooklyn Marine Terminal Plan, BrooklynSpeaks leaders Simon & de la Uz at odds re #AtlanticYards Lessons
normanoder.substack.com/p/regarding-...
With task force vote scheduled today, @brooklyneagle.bsky.social offers useful essays.
I'm not convinced BMT can escape #AtlanticYards doubts.
normanoder.substack.com/p/regarding-...
With task force vote scheduled today, @brooklyneagle.bsky.social offers useful essays.
I'm not convinced BMT can escape #AtlanticYards doubts.
A new, though murky, focus on the $350M that the #AtlanticYards developers seek for the railyard platform
normanoder.substack.com/p/a-new-thou...
Is this the only subsidy request? No. Was a privately-funded platform possible? That's murky.
@davidfbrand.bsky.social
tx @bennkeel.bsky.social 4 graphic
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Is this the only subsidy request? No. Was a privately-funded platform possible? That's murky.
@davidfbrand.bsky.social
tx @bennkeel.bsky.social 4 graphic
March 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
A new, though murky, focus on the $350M that the #AtlanticYards developers seek for the railyard platform
normanoder.substack.com/p/a-new-thou...
Is this the only subsidy request? No. Was a privately-funded platform possible? That's murky.
@davidfbrand.bsky.social
tx @bennkeel.bsky.social 4 graphic
normanoder.substack.com/p/a-new-thou...
Is this the only subsidy request? No. Was a privately-funded platform possible? That's murky.
@davidfbrand.bsky.social
tx @bennkeel.bsky.social 4 graphic
Former Temple of Restoration on Dean Street, in Redfin's "hottest" Prospect Heights, set for alteration into eight apartments, likely condos.
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In between #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK towers
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In between #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK towers
May 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Former Temple of Restoration on Dean Street, in Redfin's "hottest" Prospect Heights, set for alteration into eight apartments, likely condos.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/form...
In between #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK towers
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/form...
In between #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK towers
@jabaribrisport.bsky.social goes to bat, on video, to enforce #AtlanticYards affordable housing penalties.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/08/sen-...
(What about Dem. Mayoral nominee Mamdani?)
@davidfbrand.bsky.social @gothamist.com
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/08/sen-...
(What about Dem. Mayoral nominee Mamdani?)
@davidfbrand.bsky.social @gothamist.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@jabaribrisport.bsky.social goes to bat, on video, to enforce #AtlanticYards affordable housing penalties.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/08/sen-...
(What about Dem. Mayoral nominee Mamdani?)
@davidfbrand.bsky.social @gothamist.com
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/08/sen-...
(What about Dem. Mayoral nominee Mamdani?)
@davidfbrand.bsky.social @gothamist.com
At #AtlanticYards meeting today, Michelle de la Uz of
5th Ave. Committee told NYS officials & new development team that much distrust remains.
Instead of $1.75M/mo, in penalties for 876 missing affordable units, NYS has negotiated a $12M payment, which she called "insufficient." 1/
5th Ave. Committee told NYS officials & new development team that much distrust remains.
Instead of $1.75M/mo, in penalties for 876 missing affordable units, NYS has negotiated a $12M payment, which she called "insufficient." 1/
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
At #AtlanticYards meeting today, Michelle de la Uz of
5th Ave. Committee told NYS officials & new development team that much distrust remains.
Instead of $1.75M/mo, in penalties for 876 missing affordable units, NYS has negotiated a $12M payment, which she called "insufficient." 1/
5th Ave. Committee told NYS officials & new development team that much distrust remains.
Instead of $1.75M/mo, in penalties for 876 missing affordable units, NYS has negotiated a $12M payment, which she called "insufficient." 1/
"Jobs, Housing & Hoops"? Tallying Key #AtlanticYards Promises and Realities normanoder.substack.com/p/jobs-housi...
Yes, they built an arena for sports and events. (Biggest winners: two billionaires.) Promised social benefit and neighborhood connection have fallen far short.
Yes, they built an arena for sports and events. (Biggest winners: two billionaires.) Promised social benefit and neighborhood connection have fallen far short.
February 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Jobs, Housing & Hoops"? Tallying Key #AtlanticYards Promises and Realities normanoder.substack.com/p/jobs-housi...
Yes, they built an arena for sports and events. (Biggest winners: two billionaires.) Promised social benefit and neighborhood connection have fallen far short.
Yes, they built an arena for sports and events. (Biggest winners: two billionaires.) Promised social benefit and neighborhood connection have fallen far short.
Construction union advocates need a better example than #AtlanticYards to highlight less costly development projects
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/cons...
After all, the developer pursued modular housing to lower wages
@thecity.nyc
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After all, the developer pursued modular housing to lower wages
@thecity.nyc
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Construction union advocates need a better example than #AtlanticYards to highlight less costly development projects
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/cons...
After all, the developer pursued modular housing to lower wages
@thecity.nyc
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/cons...
After all, the developer pursued modular housing to lower wages
@thecity.nyc
#PacificParkBK Digest: Affordable Housing Delay, New Developer, and New Questions
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Alarm, outrage, & unresolved blight.
"Forget it, Jake, it's #AtlanticYards."
Meanwhile, BSE Global continues its "ecosystem" expansion.
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Alarm, outrage, & unresolved blight.
"Forget it, Jake, it's #AtlanticYards."
Meanwhile, BSE Global continues its "ecosystem" expansion.
June 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#PacificParkBK Digest: Affordable Housing Delay, New Developer, and New Questions
normanoder.substack.com/p/weekly-dig...
Alarm, outrage, & unresolved blight.
"Forget it, Jake, it's #AtlanticYards."
Meanwhile, BSE Global continues its "ecosystem" expansion.
normanoder.substack.com/p/weekly-dig...
Alarm, outrage, & unresolved blight.
"Forget it, Jake, it's #AtlanticYards."
Meanwhile, BSE Global continues its "ecosystem" expansion.
Thanks, Gilly... and there's so much more to the #AtlanticYards story, since the movie, too.
Coming is another phase...
Coming is another phase...
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thanks, Gilly... and there's so much more to the #AtlanticYards story, since the movie, too.
Coming is another phase...
Coming is another phase...
Letter largely echoes positions/issues raised by BrooklynSpeaks coalition
(doesn't address scale/density)
Also in roundup:
--partial answers from ESD to my Qs
--a former neighbor's lament about disruption
--a Flatbush Ave. alert
-- six weeks of links
2/2 #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
(doesn't address scale/density)
Also in roundup:
--partial answers from ESD to my Qs
--a former neighbor's lament about disruption
--a Flatbush Ave. alert
-- six weeks of links
2/2 #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
April 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Letter largely echoes positions/issues raised by BrooklynSpeaks coalition
(doesn't address scale/density)
Also in roundup:
--partial answers from ESD to my Qs
--a former neighbor's lament about disruption
--a Flatbush Ave. alert
-- six weeks of links
2/2 #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
(doesn't address scale/density)
Also in roundup:
--partial answers from ESD to my Qs
--a former neighbor's lament about disruption
--a Flatbush Ave. alert
-- six weeks of links
2/2 #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
New future for #AtlanticYards?
With Cirrus/LCOR development team finally in place, 10 months, & and a mere $12M for absent affordable housing, toward a new Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park plan
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/with...
Huge Qs re scope/concessions remain, but NY State is on board
With Cirrus/LCOR development team finally in place, 10 months, & and a mere $12M for absent affordable housing, toward a new Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park plan
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/with...
Huge Qs re scope/concessions remain, but NY State is on board
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New future for #AtlanticYards?
With Cirrus/LCOR development team finally in place, 10 months, & and a mere $12M for absent affordable housing, toward a new Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park plan
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/with...
Huge Qs re scope/concessions remain, but NY State is on board
With Cirrus/LCOR development team finally in place, 10 months, & and a mere $12M for absent affordable housing, toward a new Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park plan
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/with...
Huge Qs re scope/concessions remain, but NY State is on board
TBF, #AtlanticYards was a state override of NYC zoning, w/no voice for local electeds.
35th District Council Member Letitia James opposed it, while 39th District CM Bill de Blasio supported it.
35th District Council Member Letitia James opposed it, while 39th District CM Bill de Blasio supported it.
June 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
TBF, #AtlanticYards was a state override of NYC zoning, w/no voice for local electeds.
35th District Council Member Letitia James opposed it, while 39th District CM Bill de Blasio supported it.
35th District Council Member Letitia James opposed it, while 39th District CM Bill de Blasio supported it.
“Here to support my developers”: How Mayor Adams' giant 395 Flatbush Ext. tower might signal a boost for the #AtlanticYards Site 5 plan & possible Cirrus deal for #PacificParkBK railyard sites
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/here...
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/here...
May 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Here to support my developers”: How Mayor Adams' giant 395 Flatbush Ext. tower might signal a boost for the #AtlanticYards Site 5 plan & possible Cirrus deal for #PacificParkBK railyard sites
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/here...
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/05/here...
Why is this time different for #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK?
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Why is this time different for #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK?
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/
Flashback: "Atlantic Yards Is ___"?
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The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes, far more than anyone contemplated when those posters went up.
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
Photo: @threecee.bsky.social
normanoder.substack.com/p/flashback-...
The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes, far more than anyone contemplated when those posters went up.
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
Photo: @threecee.bsky.social
Flashback: "Atlantic Yards Is ___"?
The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes.
normanoder.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Flashback: "Atlantic Yards Is ___"?
normanoder.substack.com/p/flashback-...
The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes, far more than anyone contemplated when those posters went up.
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
Photo: @threecee.bsky.social
normanoder.substack.com/p/flashback-...
The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes, far more than anyone contemplated when those posters went up.
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
Photo: @threecee.bsky.social
How could 303-unit 38 Sixth Ave.--which has maintenance issues--open and operate without an on-site super, but rather one 1,100+ feet away?
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Has it been out of compliance for eight years? #AtlanticYards FYI @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/07/how-...
Has it been out of compliance for eight years? #AtlanticYards FYI @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
How could 303-unit 38 Sixth Ave.--which has maintenance issues--open and operate without an on-site super, but rather one 1,100+ feet away?
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/07/how-...
Has it been out of compliance for eight years? #AtlanticYards FYI @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/07/how-...
Has it been out of compliance for eight years? #AtlanticYards FYI @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social
So, newcomers embracing Prospect Heights (and 595 Dean #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK) especially like McMahon's Public House.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/04/so-n...
That's fine.
Some, though, may remember O'Connor's.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/04/so-n...
That's fine.
Some, though, may remember O'Connor's.
April 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So, newcomers embracing Prospect Heights (and 595 Dean #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK) especially like McMahon's Public House.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/04/so-n...
That's fine.
Some, though, may remember O'Connor's.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/04/so-n...
That's fine.
Some, though, may remember O'Connor's.
Appraisal suggests #AtlanticYards railyard parcels could be worth $1B to developers.
Site 5 compounds value.
normanoder.substack.com/p/appraisal-...
Were public subsidies + more bulk assumed?
Are they merited?
Document shared w/investors assumed project completion by 2036. (Nah.)
@gothamist.com
Site 5 compounds value.
normanoder.substack.com/p/appraisal-...
Were public subsidies + more bulk assumed?
Are they merited?
Document shared w/investors assumed project completion by 2036. (Nah.)
@gothamist.com
March 31, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Appraisal suggests #AtlanticYards railyard parcels could be worth $1B to developers.
Site 5 compounds value.
normanoder.substack.com/p/appraisal-...
Were public subsidies + more bulk assumed?
Are they merited?
Document shared w/investors assumed project completion by 2036. (Nah.)
@gothamist.com
Site 5 compounds value.
normanoder.substack.com/p/appraisal-...
Were public subsidies + more bulk assumed?
Are they merited?
Document shared w/investors assumed project completion by 2036. (Nah.)
@gothamist.com
Up next are a series of community meetings, supposed to shape plan. Will community input shape a project like this or just validate what state officials and the development team consider feasible?
5/5
(I'll write a more substantial report on today's meeting of #AtlanticYards Community Dev. Corp.)
5/5
(I'll write a more substantial report on today's meeting of #AtlanticYards Community Dev. Corp.)
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Up next are a series of community meetings, supposed to shape plan. Will community input shape a project like this or just validate what state officials and the development team consider feasible?
5/5
(I'll write a more substantial report on today's meeting of #AtlanticYards Community Dev. Corp.)
5/5
(I'll write a more substantial report on today's meeting of #AtlanticYards Community Dev. Corp.)
#AtlanticYards public meetings: Site 5 tower (across from Barclays) to focus on Flatbush; hotel still possible
normanoder.substack.com/p/more-from-...
Lingering questions about streetscape & retail.
Harsh criticism of community engagement. Could Atlantic Yards CDC fund its own financial consultant?
normanoder.substack.com/p/more-from-...
Lingering questions about streetscape & retail.
Harsh criticism of community engagement. Could Atlantic Yards CDC fund its own financial consultant?
March 27, 2026 at 12:16 PM
#AtlanticYards public meetings: Site 5 tower (across from Barclays) to focus on Flatbush; hotel still possible
normanoder.substack.com/p/more-from-...
Lingering questions about streetscape & retail.
Harsh criticism of community engagement. Could Atlantic Yards CDC fund its own financial consultant?
normanoder.substack.com/p/more-from-...
Lingering questions about streetscape & retail.
Harsh criticism of community engagement. Could Atlantic Yards CDC fund its own financial consultant?
#AtlanticYards state advisory group is told arena operator BSE Global, in return for getting permanent #BarclaysCenter plaza, should pay for area qualify-of-life monitors.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/03/advi...
No reply.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/03/advi...
No reply.
March 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#AtlanticYards state advisory group is told arena operator BSE Global, in return for getting permanent #BarclaysCenter plaza, should pay for area qualify-of-life monitors.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/03/advi...
No reply.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/03/advi...
No reply.