On Substack: Flashback, Dec. 10, 2003: The Atlantic Yards unveiling

Just published in my (weekly, more or less) Substack newsletter: Flashback, Dec. 10, 2003: The Atlantic Yards unveiling. 

"Bring Basketball to Brooklyn," urged developer Forest City Ratner's web site. 

The Nets arrived, but many predictions were puffery. 

Lots of images, including the one above right: Frank Gehry's arena design, with a purportedly publicly accessible roof garden. Didn't happen.

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