Bigger buildings, more open space proposed. Design changes aimed to speed construction. Doubts about affordability. What public resources sought? Tonight, public input on streetscape, retail, etc.
Norman, can we see an up-to-date site plan proposal, please? "Open space" is a meaningless phrase. If they call the spaces "public parks," we can see if they are proposing good public parks.
We know they are proposing a towers-in-parks model, which usually produces what urban designers calls "density without urbanism." For examples, see Long Island City and nearby downtown Brooklyn. As they use to say about the Gehry plan and the tower he called "Miss Brooklyn," we'll miss Brooklyn when it's gone.
Norman, can we see an up-to-date site plan proposal, please? "Open space" is a meaningless phrase. If they call the spaces "public parks," we can see if they are proposing good public parks.
We know they are proposing a towers-in-parks model, which usually produces what urban designers calls "density without urbanism." For examples, see Long Island City and nearby downtown Brooklyn. As they use to say about the Gehry plan and the tower he called "Miss Brooklyn," we'll miss Brooklyn when it's gone.
There's no official site plan proposal.
There's a slideshow from the developers here:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26287263-atlantic-yards-presentation-nov-18-2025/
which I wrote about, in overview, here:
https://normanoder.substack.com/p/new-developers-seek-to-supersize
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Here's what I wrote about the open space:
https://normanoder.substack.com/p/does-more-open-space-mean-better
Here are the specific slides showing their outline of buildings over the railyard, though it's not yet a site plan:
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dx9V!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f7b8765-8bb9-4d12-b9c5-ee184566269e_890x506.jpeg
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GAWI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F09b6a0fb-4bd7-4253-8691-11e22f1fed1e_890x506.jpeg