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



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