tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post4825856357143263313..comments2024-03-28T05:19:17.215-04:00Comments on Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report: New York Magazine profile of Gary Barnett addresses competition with Ratner (and gets "Atlantic Yards" wrong)Norman Oderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07618087999719667586noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20743459.post-16263159047463108282010-09-27T15:38:30.641-04:002010-09-27T15:38:30.641-04:00On the subject of Gary Barnett and Atlantic Yards ...On the subject of Gary Barnett and Atlantic Yards let’s not forget Mr. Barnett’s Captain Renault Casablanca style remark about not being awarded the bid for the MTA rail yards even though he had bid more than Ratner while offering a better non-eminent-domain-using proposition for the community. Gary Barnett:<br /><br />“We are shocked—shocked—that we bid $150 million, [Forest City Chairman Bruce] Ratner bid $50 million, yet he somehow managed to get it.”<br /><br />See: Thursday, December 27, 2007<br />Clear enough? Misreading the Extell interview regarding Atlantic Yards<br />http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2007/12/clear-enough-misreading-extell.html<br /><br />and <br /><br />Tuesday, June 23, 2009<br />Thoughts on the MTA’s Finance Committee Meeting Wherein Atlantic Yards Was Considered as an “Information Item”<br />http://noticingnewyork.blogspot.com/2009/06/thoughts-on-mtas-finance-committee.html<br /><br />Michael D. D. White<br />Noticing New York<br />http://noticingnewyork.blogspot.com/Noticing New Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15726747803887470424noreply@blogger.com