There was an unusually skeptical close to an article in yesterday's New York Times headlined Council Approves West Side Apartment Towers:
Work on the new buildings may not begin until 2012, the developer said.What about AY?
āIt will be the capstone for the newest and most vibrant neighborhood in the city,ā Mr. [Gary] Barnett said, in full marketing mode.
If only reporter Charles Bagli made similar observations when he covered Atlantic Yards. Consider this quote from an 11/25/09 Times article headlined Ruling Lets Atlantic Yards Seize Land:
Mr. Ratner called the courtās ruling a ālight-switchā kind of decision for the long-stalled project. āI look at this as the last major hurdle; now we can proceed as weāve wanted to for the last three years,ā he said on Tuesday. āThe courts have made it clear that this project represents a significant public benefit for the people of Brooklyn and the entire city.āAs I pointed out at the time, the courts had not made such a thing clear; they deferred to the Empire State Development Corporation rather than conducting any fact-finding.
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