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--Residential,Retailand Commercial Buildingsand LandscapedPublicOpen Space-PROJECTOVERVIEWBrooklynAtlanticYardsaddresseseveralssues orboth BrooklynandNew YorkCity. New YorkCity requiresnew housinghat meetsall levelsof needandncomeand additionaloffice space ocreateand retainnewobs.Theprojecthas ouressentialomponents, hichsupportand complementeachother:heArena,commercialspace nd housinginterspersedith a significantamountofpubliclyaccessible penspace o enhancexistingneighborhoods.he"BrooklynNets" willgiveBrooklyntheprideofwatchingahometownsports eamonceagain;and he FrankGehry-designedBrooklynArenaand residentialand commercialbuildingssurroundingt willbemportantnewarchitecturalcons,makingdowntown Brooklyna must-seeestination.Whilethe final detailsof theplanare stillsubject o anagreement mong heCity,the State, heMetropolitanTransportationuthorityandForestCityRatnerCompanies,heproposedl.Tmillionzoningsquare eetatBrooklynAtlantic Yardswouldbe divided ntoapproximately:o800,000square eet or thesportsarena with19.000seatsorbasketballgamesand 20,000asconfigured orotherevents,suchas
concerts;osix acresfpublicly accessiblepenspace;o4.4million squareeetof residential.n approximately,500unitsc2.1millionsquare eetof commercialoffice space;o300,000square eetofretail space:o3,000parkingspaces.
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It's estimatedhat heull BrooklynAtlanticYardsdevelopmentvilltakeapproximately0yearsocomplete.Durin-ehase, he Arenaand ts rooftoppublicpark riillbeconstructed. lon-uith300,000squareeetofthe commercialpace, upportpace or theArenaandpossiblyonc residentialuilding.Thecomplexhasbeenplannedo lookuvholendcontplete uringeachphascol'construction.LOCATION,TRANSPORTATIONANDEXISTINGUSESGenerallyoundedy FlatbushAvenue,AtlanticAvenue,VanderbiltAvenueandDeanStreet, heprojectconsistsf six blocksofvaryingsize. The siteapproximately alfwaybetrveenheBrooklrnBridgeandProspectarksitsbetweenhe BrooklynAcademyof Music andhe neighborhoodsfFortGreene, rospecteights,ParkSlopeandBoerumHill.Thesitesadjacento AtlanticTerminal,he hird-largestranspoftation ub n NewYork Citr.NrnesubwayinesandheLong IslandRailroadonverget thiserminal.providingquickandconvenientaccesso all fiveboroughs ndLongIsland.Creatin-e nodeofhigherdensityaround he ransportationhubat AtlanticTerminalwillallow Brooklynogrowwhilepreser',,inghe character f its alreadydevelpedneighborhoods.The BrooklynArenawill siton a three-blockarcelof landat the ntersection f FlatbushndAtlanticAvenuesthe same reawhereWalterO'Malley, he esendarywnerofbaseball's rooklynDodgers,hadenvisionedhome or histeam nearlyhalfa centur\,so.
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Atlantic Yards December 2003 Promotional Material, Part 1 (Text)
Atlantic Yards December 2003 Promotional Material, Part 1 (Text), from Forest City Ratner.
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