Greiner’s Grumblings

Media don’t like the Yards. Do voters?

Is the Atlantic Yards project really the scourge that it’s made out to be.

There seem to be two camps here. Newspaper editorial boards have been lambasting the project since its proposal. This entry from The Brooklyn Papers provides a good summary of some of the issues, I especially like the by-the-numbers section near the bottom. But it still has somewhat of a negative slant.

Voters, on the other hand, apparantly don’t think having a Frank Gehry work of art on a destitute piece of land is all that bad. They voiced their opinion when they decided not to nominate any opposition candidates in this past month’s primary.

There was a similar debate in Chicago a few years ago. Gehry was slated to build a new ampitheater in Millennium Park. It seemed that no one liked it when it was, proposed, when it went over budget or when it was late. But now this amazing structure is being hailed as a brilliant success and the catalyst for a tourism explosion. I’ll be curious to see what people say once the Miss Brooklyn is complete. I think everyone will like it.

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