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By: Curbed
10Jun2010Is Frank Gehry's Beekman Tower the most eagerly anticipated NYC rental building of all time? It's certainly the flashiest, and with the rippling skyscraper now hogging the Lower Manhattan skyline (without the aid of medical science!), we're wondering...
By: Curbed
12May2010[Havemeyer Street building in Williamsburg going for that open-air feel. Photo by Will Femia.] PROSPECT HEIGHTS—Well-armed Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov closed on the Atlantic Yards deal with developer Bruce Ratner today. In a statem...
By: Curbed
9Apr2010The war may be lost, but Atlantic Yards opponents are still finding ways to poke Bruce Ratner in the eye. The NBA Board of Governors has had to indefinitely postpone its April 16th vote on Ratner's sale of the Nets...
By: Curbed
30Mar2010There's a problem with Frank O. Gehry's mammoth erection, and it's not shrinkage—but it's related! During the darkest days of the recession, when developer Forest City Ratner threatened to cut Gehry's 76-story Beekman Tower in half, a deal w...
By: Curbed
23Mar2010Electronic road sign hacking, all the rage in March '09, has made an anniversary comeback on Flatbush and St. Marks Avenue in Prospect Heights this morning. And so personal! But you have to admit, the message is certainly a...
By: Curbed
9Mar2010[David Childs and an Atlantic Yards site plan circa '07.] The Nets are hopeless, so developer Bruce Ratner is reportedly looking at other ways to infuse his controversial Brooklyn megaproject with talent. Bring on the starchitects! There are 16...
By: Curbed
8Mar2010Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The tumultuous era of Atlantic Yards debate comes to a symbolic close on Thursday with the groundbreaking for the Barclays Center arena, triggering a new tumultuous era of Atlantic Yards constructi...