Check out some graphic images shot around the Atlantic Yards site by GL contributor Adrian Kinloch. Okay, they’re images of graphics, both signs and other things, along Pacific and Dean Street.–Brit in Brooklyn

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The big news this morning is that Frank Gehry has released new renderings of the Atlantic Yards development. In the new set, Miss Brooklyn is replaced by a significantly shorter 511-foot building known as “B1” or Building One. Mr. Gehry tells Jotham Sederstrom in the Daily News–which has the reveal of the new renderings: “My […]

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Here is a big set of photos of the Atlantic Yard’s “time out” rally this weekend from Tracy Collins, who is chronicling everything about the project’s “footprint.”–threecee/flickr

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A rally calling for a “time out” on Atlantic Yards demolition took place on Saturday, as did a counter demonstration that may have been orchestrated by Forest City Ratner. About 300 people showed up for the “time out” rally and 400-500 people for the “pro-Atlantic Yards” demonstration.

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Yesterday about 300 people showed up at a rally to call for a “time out” on the controversial Atlantic Yards development, asking that Gov. David Paterson put a halt to demolition and bring the project back to the table for a fresh look because of changes and delays. There was a counter demonstration of supports […]

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What is the significance of this photo taken by Brit in Brooklyn blogger and photographer Adrian Kinloch? It shows a number of people affiliated with Forest City Ratner at yesterday’s Atlantic Yards counter demonstration. Mr. Oder explains the photo in a superb post dissecting the event on AYR: Along with the leaders of CBA signatory […]

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About 300 opponents of the troubled Atlantic Yards development turned out this afternoon to hear a variety of speakers, including City Council Members Letitia James and Tony Avella, request that Gov. David Paterson call a “time out” on Atlantic Yards demolitions while the project is reexamined and, perhaps, rethought. A noisy and larger crowd of […]

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This was the scene about an hour into the “Time Out” rally about Atlantic Yards on Pacific Street today as police formed a small line to dissuade some supporters of the project from advancing on opponents. There were no clashes or confrontations.

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The Brit in Brooklyn Blog is now hosting a Ward Bakery Demolition Web Cam, which will provide many treats for those who like to watch buildings come down. Per BIB: “The images below are from the remote camera watching the footprint. The images are taken twice an hour and this slide show cycles through all […]

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The “Time Out on Atlantic Yards Rally” is taking place today at 2PM at 752 Pacific Street (between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues). The intent, per one of the many press releases to hit our inbox, is “to ask Governor Paterson to call ‘Time Out’ on the Atlantic Yards project: suspend demolitions, displacement of residents and […]

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There’s a rally tomorrow to ask Gov. David Paterson to call a “Time Out” on the increasingly troubled Atlantic Yards development. It will take place at 2PM (Saturday, May 3) at 752 Pacific Street (near Carlton Avenue) in the footprint of the proposed project.

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Serious efforts are underway to try to get the Nets moved to Newark, where the new Prudential Center is struggling with just a hockey team. Mayor Corey Booker and Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek are holding meetings–Mayor Brooker with Forest City Ratner and Vanderbeek with Bruce Ratner. There is talk of putting together a group to […]

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Have a flickr photo you’d like GL and our readers to see? Drop it in our brand new Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool and tag it “gowanuslounge“! [Image courtesy of threecee/flickr] Tracey Collins has been working hard to build a visual record of the Atlantic Yards footprint. This is a photo taken a few days ago. […]

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“The ‘Atlantic Yards stall’ has brought groups representing different flavors of project criticism and opposition together for a rally at 2 pm on Saturday, May 3, with a range of local political officials confirmed as attendees. The location is 752 Pacific Street near Carlton Avenue in the AY footprint, a block planned to hold “interim […]

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Here’s a very nicely done video on the entire issue of the Brooklyn Museum’s controversial Gala honoring Bruce Ratner. It’s short documentary length, but definitely worth a view if you’ve got the time.

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City Council Member and Brooklyn Borough President candidate Bill de Blasio is calling for a moratorium on demolition in the Atlantic Yards footprint. Mr. de Blasio made comments deeply critical of possible changes in the huge project as part of a wideranging discussion last night that covered everything from construction safety as developers race to […]

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The Daily News has a new feature called “Brooklyn Diary” and one of today’s entries deals with whether the art collecting done by the wife of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at the Brooklyn Museum Ratner Gala violated any city rules. “…it raised questions the city Conflict of Interest Board had never before considered…A source […]

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The documentary Brooklyn Matters will have its first cinematic screening on May 1. It will be shown at 7:30PM at the Cobble Hill Cinemas, which is located at 265 Court Street (at Butler). First come, first seated. More info at the film’s website. A trailer is below.

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Where is the Atlantic Yards Ombudsman? Apparently, he’s around, just not in an office that members of the public can get into right now. Per Jotham Sederstrom in the Daily News: Nearly a year after state officials announced they would hire a community advocate for residents living near the Atlantic Yards project, the doors have […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn] This is the last remain residential building on the Vanderbilt Avenue side of the Atlantic Yards site. It still retains the Hot Bird advertecture.

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There is more coverage of that Murakami swag story that broke online at Radar about how Borough President Marty Markowitz’s wife “hoarded” Murakami swag after the Bruce Ratner Gala on Thurdsay. Jotham Sederstrom follows up in today’s Daily News. Here’s a sample: Who knew the first lady of Brooklyn was also its biggest booster? Jamie […]

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Here are some vids of Kanye West performing at the Bruce Ratner Gala at the Brooklyn Museum, along with a couple of other misc. Brooklyn Museum-related vids.

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The Brooklyn Museum Bruce Ratner Gala continues to produce interesting stories. Radar, which always entertains us, but doesn’t often offer up Brooklyn fodder, is doing so in a big way with a story about the wife of a certain Brooklyn Borough President allegedly cornering the market on Murakami swag after the big, controversial event. To […]

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A GL reader sent us this image that was submitted to the “Click!” crowd-curated photo exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. It’s not clear whether it went in pre- or post-Bruce Ratner Gala furor, but it is certainly a statement in its own way and talks about the “changing face” of Brooklyn and “sterile condos, fusions […]

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Despite all the recent headlines about the Atlantic Yards Stall and the demise of Miss Brooklyn, Frank Gehry says his signature tower is still alive. He lays the news on the Brooklyn Paper, which caught up with him at last night’s controversial Brooklyn Museum Gala. Of Bruce Ratner, Mr. Gehry says “He really does want […]

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