The Atlantic Yards development project is a controversial mixed-use development project under construction between Prospect Heights and Fort Greene in Brooklyn to include residential and commercial high-rises, as well as a sports arena for the New Jersey Nets. Developer Forest City Ratner has faced tense opposition for various community groups since the plans were announced in 2003 due to questionable use of eminent domain, criticism of design plans, and opposition to changing the character of the surrounding neighborhoods. Currently under construction, the project will undoubtedly change the aesthetics of the Flatbush and Atlantic Avenue corridor and its primarily residential surrounding communities.
A brief study of urban reinvention in New York City: Columbus Circle, Atlantic Yards, Times Square & the Highline
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Be careful about how you present statements like the one in this posting, "... the project will undoubtedly change the face of..." Here you are actually making a claim that must be substantiated.
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