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Atlantic Yards Report

This watchdog blog, written by journalist Norman Oder, offers analysis, commentary, and reportage about Forest City Ratner's planned $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project, to build the Barclays Center basketball arena and 16 high-rise buildings at a crucial site in Brooklyn. Contact: AtlanticYardsReport[at]hotmail.com

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      • Pacific Street becomes a staging area for buses re...
      • Second night of Barclays Center operations: no tra...
      • Post finds outrage over Barclays Center roof laser...
      • A Barclays Center moment and a BUILD connection
      • An open letter to the New York Times Public Editor...
      • Barclays Center debut: no traffic nightmare and em...
      • The Times finally figures out how the Barclays Cen...
      • Activists bring anti-gun violence message to sidew...
      • The Times embraces (not quite) the Culture of Chea...
      • The Barclays Center lasers, over the arena, and po...
      • In Times coverage of protests, Ratner's flack gets...
      • New sign at arena plaza: "Welcome to Brooklyn"
      • Under Barclays Center oculus, groups challenging A...
      • As 40/40 Club opens the night before arena debuts,...
      • WNYC on arena opening: ACORN's Lewis claims CBA wa...
      • Times: Barclays has undercut Garden's high prices ...
      • Post: many more food and beverage spots moving nea...
      • In Wall Street Journal, arena consultant Schwartz ...
      • "Prime Brooklyn Retail" still available on Flatbus...
      • The laser lights on the roof of the Barclays Cente...
      • Gridlock Sam's warning: don't drive to Downtown Br...
      • At Barclays Center plaza, sponsored by the Daily N...
      • Hey, you shouldn't go underground (and pay a subwa...
      • It looks like the arena perimeter is getting forti...
      • Job-training group BUILD, signatory of CBA and Atl...
      • WSJ: Prokhorov, "successful businessman in his hom...
      • The Barclays Center Gets Illuminated By The Illumi...
      • Front-page New York Times profile of Bruce Ratner ...
      • Daily News goes rogue: critics "filed 200 eminent ...
      • PHNDC: report concerns about arena impacts to Atla...
      • Ads at the oculus and arena entrance: lots of soun...
      • ESD names Derek Lynch for long-open position as Go...
      • Observer: A Treat Grows in Brooklyn (and forget ou...
      • An open letter to the New York Times Public Editor...
      • Bike parking installed at southeast side of arena
      • Catching up: Powell on Ratner; permit parking; Lip...
      • Times publishes softball interview with Forest Cit...
      • Barclays Center appoints Community Affairs Manager...
      • ‘Brooklynized’ Water Bounced From New Nets Arena
      • From the latest Atlantic Yards Construction Alert:...
      • Culture of Cheating: the highly promoted but very ...
      • The branded Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Bridg...
      • Times jumps on year-old story: Goldstein's the hea...
      • In rebuttal to Markowitz, CM James and DDDB's Carp...
      • Operating engineers again protesting outside the B...
      • The Carlton Avenue Bridge has reopened, four days ...
      • Culture of Cheating: the hollowness of the Atlanti...
      • Markowitz has his (wrong) mantra: Atlantic Yards a...
      • Barclays Center oculus: now featuring McDonald's a...
      • The Times takes a balanced-ish look at "Hurricane ...
      • Brooklyn Paper/Courier-Life publish special sectio...
      • The Barclays Center ribbon-cutting: big win for Ra...
      • The "Barclays countdown" in this week's issues of ...
      • Battle for Brooklyn director's take on arena ribbo...
      • Before the Barclays Center ribbon-cutting, a prote...
      • Operating engineers protest arena ribbon-cutting, ...
      • Photos from the Barclays Center event: the triumph...
      • Approaching the Barclays Center for the ribbon-cut...
      • The Barclays Center exterior: finished from one an...
      • Culture of Cheating: how state agency withheld doc...
      • Daily News, in (predictable) cheerleading editoria...
      • No Land Grab to cease regular publishing next week...
      • A benefit from new subway entrance: easier passage...
      • ArtBridge is back, putting art on fences outside a...
      • Round-up: Crain's says environmental review may be...
      • Capital New York's McGeveran: phase 1 of Ratner's ...
      • The Culture of Cheating: the developer's original ...
      • Will Gov. Andrew Cuomo attend Barclays Center ribb...
      • Morning round-up: NY1 on Battle for Brooklyn; Dail...
      • Atlantic Yards: "Culture of Cheating" or an actual...
      • A grim arena assessment by critic Lange in the New...
      • Video: Oculus goes fully live, with bright signage...
      • From Atlantic Yards Watch: Arena facade will provi...
      • Coming to the Barclays Center plaza: a flagpole re...
      • The Culture of Cheating: does Yonkers trial show F...
      • "They played Brooklyn": Bed-Stuy's Umar Jordan, wh...
      • Markowitz on arena: "It will bring us respect that...
      • Atlantic Yards protesters list demands: new plan, ...
      • The Culture of Cheating: Forest City gets the insi...
      • New garbage cans, recycling bins appear around are...
      • NY1: residents may worry, but businesses mixed/opt...
      • Videos show short path from subway to arena plaza;...
      • Videos: the Barclays Center Plaza, the parking lot...
      • Ratner calls arena "public building," says "I thin...
      • The arena at night: blinking lights behind the met...
      • Community Sweepstakes for Barclays Center tickets ...
      • In Times article on MTA advertising, a willingness...
      • Brooklyn/L magazines: "50 Things You Should Know a...
      • Atlantic Yards Watch documents Culture of Cheating...
      • The Culture of Cheating: Forest City's effort, thr...
      • Arena gets belated TCO, two weeks before opening; ...
      • Triangle Building sells for $4.1 million; ad-suppo...
      • UniWatch's Lukas: opposes arena, likes idea of Bro...
      • Barclays Center listed in NRDC report as among the...
      • In Sohn's Motherland, a film called Atlantic Yards...
      • BK hoops essayist (and former Forest City contract...
      • Can Barclays Center plaza become the Brooklyn equi...
      • Brooklyn Rail's Hamm: an eyesore arena named for a...
      • More promotional tidbits from Metro: Streisand, Bi...
      • The Culture of Cheating: Nets/arena CEO Yormark sa...
      • Daily News gets first look at new subway entrance ...
      • Ticket program announced for arena events, managed...
      • My Atlantic Yards tour, September 23, sponsored by...
      • Markowitz on the "good jobs" at the Barclays Cente...
      • Barclays Center becomes first food service venue t...
      • Yes, the Barclays Center is getting fully branded:...
      • The Culture of Cheating: Ratner claims efforts to ...
      • Yes, Barclays Center has logo in place for fly-ove...
      • An odd Times blog post about plans to screen Battl...
      • Have the Brooklyn Nets "won over the borough," as ...
      • Fact-checking eight claims in Brett Yormark's Bill...
      • An Occupy protest coming in response to Jay-Z's co...
      • The Culture of Cheating: after Forest City claimed...
      • Victory lap: in Bloomberg interview, Ratner calls ...
      • Consultant: Arena schedule "extremely aggressive, ...
      • New video exposes the Culture of Cheating: Markowi...
      • As EB-5 "visas for job creation" program faces ren...
      • From the latest Construction Alert: arena down to ...
      • Carlton Avenue Bridge expected to reopen on or aro...
      • The "Civic Developer" and the Culture of Cheating:...
      • Former Markowitz deputy Scissura: arena can be con...
      • Crain's: Forest City to construct prototype module...
      • As Carlton Avenue Bridge proceeds toward completio...
      • Jay-Z: "Civic-Minded Hip-Hop Mogul" or "The House ...
      • How shockingly big is the Barclays Center? Depends...
      • WSJ: Public benefits for big projects like Atlanti...
      • The mystery of the Barclays Center street banners,...
      • Battle for Brooklyn documentary going national, lo...
      • Coming Sept. 28 along North Flatbush Ave.: merchan...
      • "It's a Crime!" New web site targets Atlantic Yard...
      • "September is Just the Beginning" banners that mys...
      • AY District Service Cabinet to be replaced by Qual...
      • A round-up of promotional Barclays Center tidbits ...
      • ESPN: "Hello, Brooklyn" (and how about that arena ...
      • Looking at "The House That Hova Hyped," the Times ...
      • Stern: Brooklyn move means revenue jump to Nets
      • Scrambling toward the finish line: TCO for Barclay...
      • The Beat Goes On: Q&A With Atlantic Yards Watchdog...
      • Wary neighbors express concern about arena's opera...
      • While there may be enough offsite parking lot spac...
      • "September is Just the Beginning" banners suddenly...
      • Forest City: Barclays Center ribbon-cutting will b...
      • Unbuilt towers and a hovercraft perspective: what'...
      • I'll be talking about Atlantic Yards on WBAI today...
      • Neighborhood Protection Plan meeting tonight; I'd ...
      • Forest City Enterprises: as of July, 75 percent of...
      • OMG, where will the Nets players live? Times devot...
      • Here Comes the Arena! What Happened to the Atlanti...
      • Meet the new Kings County Democratic boss, Frank S...
      • When the press is lied to, shouldn't it fight back...
      • An exhibit from Tracy Collins, Atlantic Yards DeCo...
      • An AY-inflected exhibition from painter Peter Kras...
      • Jay-Z article from Times survives without rebuttal...
      • Metro begins daily (advertorial-ish) tidbits about...
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Documents, Links, Articles

  • ESDC's Atlantic Yards site
  • No Land Grab news/blog coverage
  • Barclays Center site
  • Forest City Ratner
  • Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
  • Tracy Collins's AY photos
  • Noticing New York
  • Predecessor blog TimesRatnerReport
  • 9/05 Report on New York Times coverage
  • Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods
  • BrooklynSpeaks
  • Neil deMause interviews
  • Responses to Errol Louis
  • The Footprint Gazette
  • Atlantic Yards Lexicon
  • Jane Jacobs coverage
  • Brooklyn Paper
  • Nets Daily news/blog
  • Lethem in Slate
  • Places journal article
  • NY Mag article
  • Brownstoner
  • Atlantic Lots
  • Brooklyn Views blog
  • Atlantic Yards CBA
  • Pinamonti's "The Burrow"

Previous posts of note

  • Newbies start here
  • Journalists' crib sheet
  • Project scale
  • Timeline as of 2006
  • Original site plan
  • Prokhorov to own arena?
  • The Development Agreement in court
  • Times wimps on Prokhorov
  • Freddy's last, last night
  • DDDB on Goldstein
  • FCR's lobbying blitz
  • Goldstein settles
  • ESDC urges FCR's eviction date
  • MGPP vs. Development Agreement
  • Freddy's settles
  • Prokhorov's TV debut
  • Phantom columnists at groundbreaking
  • Team hype: groundbreaking coverage
  • Judge: "deplorable lack of transparency"
  • Paterson punts on AY
  • Gerges condemnation decision
  • December 2003 p.r. packet
  • Visual history of AY
  • FAQ before groundbreaking
  • Gilmartin op-ed: AY "is happening"
  • 8000 permanent jobs?
  • Looking back at eminent domain
  • Street closings mystery
  • Development agreement: 25 years
  • News from master closing
  • Court argument in MGPP case
  • Blight = cracked sidewalks
  • Perkins hearing on eminent domain
  • Ridge Hill indictment
  • 2010 look ahead
  • 2009 look back
  • Repairs needed for subway tunnesl
  • Master closing completed
  • MTA lawsuit dismissed
  • Doubts about major league hockey
  • Strange bedfellows fighting e.d.
  • Naming rights deal cut in half?
  • Columbia eminent domain case
  • BALDC on infrastructure bonds
  • Arena bonds authorized
  • Court of Appeals upholds eminent domain
  • BrooklynSpeaks lawsuit
  • Crain's on "Tenacious B"
  • Battle of Brooklyn on 2006 approval
  • KPMG report critiqued
  • Bloomberg's gentle bio
  • ACORN's cluelessness
  • DCP on arena changes
  • Analyzing ESDC's responses
  • Oligarch Prokhorov buys Nets
  • IBO responds to ESDC
  • ESDC approval of MGPP
  • AY opponents lose in 33rd, 39th
  • AIA runs ESDC session
  • New SHoP arena design
  • Kahr report on housing
  • IBO: net gain to ratner, loss to city
  • Siegel ignored on eminent domain
  • The property ownership map, revised
  • ESDC & housing guaranees
  • Bloomberg blasts CBAs
  • AY and public authorities reform
  • No answers on assessments
  • 2009 public hearing
  • ESDC informational meeting
  • NYPD report on high-risk buildings
  • Prospect Heights Historic District map
  • Revised MGPP issued
  • MTA deal revised
  • New arena design
  • Senate oversight hearing
  • Questions for oversight hearing
  • After e.d. case dismissal, groundbreaking?
  • AYR = future of news?
  • Affordable housing at market?
  • ESDC's Lago: AY takes "decades"
  • DDDB money crunch?
  • FCE: focus on arena
  • Gehry pessimistic
  • Cops: crime comes from malls
  • Brooklyn Paper sold to Murdoch
  • Hunley-Adossa challenges James
  • Little Pink House review
  • Brooklyn Paper wants arena bailout
  • Moody Markowitz profile
  • Pru Center for preseason
  • Gehry's role recedes
  • Brett Yormark, remixed
  • 2009 look forward
  • 2008 look back
  • FCR bails out ACORN
  • Marty 2008 interview
  • Morningstar on FCE
  • Brett Yormark profile
  • Inflated attendance
  • Indirect subsidies
  • Carlton Avenue Bridge
  • AY on hold
  • IFC on AY media
  • Brooklyn at Eye Level
  • "We control the pace"
  • FCR tried to not pay for trees
  • NYC´s chief urban designer on streets
  • PA´s Ward on AY
  • Imagine Coney
  • Did FCR save $55M?
  • Barclays recommits
  • Garvin and the "public realm"
  • FCR´s cognitive dissonance
  • FCR on Beekman Tower
  • LPC on Prospect Heights
  • ESDC adoption = approval?
  • Tax-exempt bonds grandfathered in
  • What NYTimes has ignored
  • Olin on break?
  • AY inevitability meme turns
  • Latest "liar flier"
  • Arena 2012?
  • Kucinich´s (first) hearing on Yankees
  • State Senate on eminent domain
  • EIS appeal hearing
  • Brodsky on Yankees deal
  • ESDC gets "brutally weird"
  • FCR to CB8
  • "Brooklyn South"
  • Crain´s recognizes reality
  • Departed Stuckey in Brooklyn book
  • Looking back at DEIS hearing
  • Urban Room rebranded?
  • The missing market study
  • ESDC mystery re utility work
  • Ratner to shareholders
  • EIS ignores footprint residents
  • Zimbalist on Lehrer
  • Marty's Brooklyn!!
  • Brodsky hearing on Yankees
  • Zimbalist contradictions
  • ESDC fib to feds
  • Discount on Yard price?
  • A (West Side) Stadium Story
  • Supreme Court says no
  • Marty on density
  • IRS "loophole"
  • Post-Kelo conference
  • NYPD on ejection incident
  • "Brooklyn Day" rally
  • ESDC on timetable
  • Brodsky on West Side Stadium
  • FCE report=NYT mag?
  • Gehry's B1 charade
  • Arena 12/31/10?
  • Decoding timetable p.r.
  • Bruce: AY 2018
  • Dueling rallies
  • City Funding Agreement
  • State Funding Agreement
  • CBA brochure
  • Miss Brooklyn cuts
  • Affordable housing delay
  • Fairway vs. Whole Foods
  • FCR gift to "slush fund"
  • FCR admits lie
  • Eminent domain appeal
  • Brooklyn Was Mine
  • Blight vanishes
  • Blight dodge
  • Madden decision
  • Ombudsman appears
  • PlaNYC 1950 parking
  • Arena, 2011
  • Doctoroff on ULURP
  • Ratner on WNYC
  • "Absurd" process
  • MAS posture
  • Security study
  • Times "rowback"
  • Setbacks revealed
  • de Blasio's due diligence
  • BrooklynSpeaks oversight
  • Newark closes streets
  • UNITY plan
  • Con Ed increase
  • "Affordable"/costly
  • Columbia expansion
  • Garaufis decision
  • Ward Bakery follow-up
  • "The Burrow"
  • New Domino
  • Nets tix $
  • NYC losses?
  • Condos from start
  • Times on BK blogs
  • Radio Golf
  • Brooklyn Tomorrow
  • Times on financials
  • Stuckey departs
  • Tax-exempt bond deficit
  • Housing bonds revealed
  • AY & Dodgers
  • CB 6 purge
  • B63 reroute?
  • MI on env. review
  • UDC to ESDC
  • Madden hearing
  • Glazer on AY
  • BK Tech plan
  • PlaNYC on AY
  • FCR at ECB
  • Times op-ed
  • Footprints exhibit
  • Community Liaison
  • Brooklyn Matters
  • Marty on traffic
  • Burden on AY
  • Doctoroff on AY
  • Suite-intense arena
  • Doctoroff on Moses
  • Barclays ad
  • Barclays event
  • ESDC on crime
  • Post-FEIS comments
  • Arena schedule
  • What if?
  • Times on scaleback
  • Marty on AY/terrorism
  • AY & 421-a reform
  • Miss Brooklyn blocks clock
  • PACB approval
  • Brodsky hearing
  • Fiscal impact memo
  • ESDC approval
  • AY signage
  • Evasive Gargano
  • Three-year narrative
  • Wind study
  • No redevelopment without AY?
  • AY "spaceship"
  • Nets game visit
  • Eminent domain hearing
  • Crowd noise
  • DEIS hearing
  • Graphic renderings
  • Fiscal impact gaps
  • DEIS released
  • Footprint crime?
  • Instant gentrification?
  • "Friendly condemnations"
  • Push-poll helps Boyland
  • The 50/50 plan
  • MAS criticism
  • Coney option
  • Extreme density
  • CBA flaws
  • Gehry misreads critics
  • No-towers brochure
  • The Times on the blogs
  • FCR's web site fisked
  • The Times's buyout story
  • The $6 billion lie
  • Final Scope flaws
  • AY scaleback
  • Open letter to Public Editor
  • Gehry grilled
  • Dark genius DePlasco
  • ESDC's Gargano
  • ATURA history
  • New Downtowns
  • Housing debate
  • The Times & "open railyard"
  • Changes in jobs/housing
  • Modern blueprint?
  • Comments policy