Thursday, April 9, 2009

Sources

I forgot to list the sources for the timeline in the last post. Most of the information came from CUP (Center for Urban Pedagody) and the Blight Study.

Monday, April 6, 2009

TIMELINE FOR ATLANTIC YARDS PAST

-1955-62 Proposal for Dodgers stadium

-1963-1967 Fort Greene meat market designated as Urban Renewal Area

-1968-1971 Atlantic Terminal designated as urban renewal area proposal for Baruch College campus

-1972-1974 Special education high school 12 story Mitchell- lama Co-ops built proposal for Baruch Campus

- 1974-1975 Revised proposal for Baruch college campus

-1976 17 story NYCHA project built (image shows site of NYCHA)

Forte Greene Meat market razed

-1977-1978 proposal for an ambitious terminal by the triborough bridge and tunnel authority

-1979-1982 LIRR terminal destroyed, housing pulled down protests begin area made into temporary parking for daily news

-1983-1985 proposal by Jonathan Rose with Urban design by Peter Calthorpe and master plan by SOM

-1986 Class action suit against Jonathan Rose

-1987 Judge rules in favor of Jonathan Rose granting 22 million in uDAG (urban development action grant program

-1991 Federal Judge reverses decision, nullifying the grant

-1992 Jonathon Rose sells site to Forest City Ratner

-1993 Forest city Ratner builds Atlantic Center Mall

-1994-2000 NYC Housing Partnership builds middle income row houses

-2001 work starts on Atlantic terminal Mall

-2002 Forest City Ratner builds 10 story office tower

-2003 Enrique Norton wins Brooklyn Performing arts Library competition

-2004 Frank Gehry agrees to design sports stadium for Forest City Ratner to host NY city Nets

-2004 DDDB founded and protests Project