From a "diverse neighborhood" with a school and park to "urban oasis in the center of Brooklyn" (and no longer "A Vision for Downtown Brooklyn")

Hey, remember the Twitter description at right?

"Pacific Park is Brooklyn's newest neighborhood. Home to Barclays Center, Pacific Park is a diverse neighborhood with a NYC public school and 8 acre park."

That was so very 6/9/16 (and possibly earlier). 

It also wasn't close to true, because there's no "park" ever, and the privately operated, publicly accessible open space has emerged only fractionally.

It almost surely won't be finished  for many years, likely 2035, which is the project's "outside date" for completion.

That new school? Maybe by 2023.

Maybe it was the audacious time travel, or the recognition that progress was slower than anticipated, but the Twitter description has changed.

A revised description

At left is the current Twitter description, at least from 9/22/18 (and it may changed earlier):

"Neighborhood charm meets modern edge in Pacific Park – an urban oasis in the center of Brooklyn, just steps from the best shopping, dining, culture & more."

It's a smarter framing, since it acknowledges that Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park is kind of a borderland, though indeed with access to dining, shopping, and culture.

I'm not sure it counts as an "urban oasis," given ongoing and expected construction, which tend to tamp down the "oasis" feel.

Moving on from Downtown Brooklyn

Neither of them, at least, claim "A Vision for Downtown Brooklyn," as in this curious propaganda brochure from 2006, when the project was still being sold to the public.