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Atlantic Yards

March, 2010

Ratner breaks ground! Jay-Z celebrates! Others protest!

Atlantic Yards: A whirlwind and symbolic day in the Atlantic Yards footprint. Comments (26).

Ratner to break ground next week!

Atlantic Yards: Bruce Ratner will officially break ground on his $1-billion Barclays Center on March 11, days after a crucial judicial ruling in his favor and slightly more than seven years after the project was first announced. Comments (24).

Our exclusive video from the Atlantic Yards groundbreaking

Atlantic Yards: Join The Brooklyn Paper team of Andy Campbell, Stephen Brown and Gersh Kuntzman as they take you inside — and outside — Bruce Ratner’s Barclays Center groundbreaking on Thursday. With video … Comment.

Big court win yesterday — groundbreaking today

Atlantic Yards: Bruce Ratner’s dream moves closer to reality, thanks to a judge’s ruling on Wednesday. Comments (5).

He will survive! A timeline of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards

Construction Update: Thursday’s symbolic groundbreaking of the Atlantic Yards project practically demands a look back at the long history of this ambitious and controversial project. Here’s a timeline. Comment.

‘Childs’ play: Bruce may be bringing in top architects to work on Yards

Atlantic Yards: Exclusive: Developer Bruce Ratner appears to be bringing in an all-star team to Atlantic Yards — and we’re not talking about his pathetic Brooklyn-bound New Jersey Nets. Comments (5).

Judge in Yards case gets a powder-filled threat

Atlantic Yards: The judge who approved the state’s seizure of properties in the Atlantic Yards footprint earlier this week received a letter containing a suspicious white powder on Thursday, causing an evacuation of the entire 24th floor of the Kings County Supreme Court on Jay Street in Downtown. Comments (7).

UPDATED! Judge rules against Yards property owners, paving way for construction

Atlantic Yards: State development officials now own once-privately-held properties in the footprint of developer Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project, thanks to a state court ruling on Monday morning that removed the most significant legal hurdle remaining before construction can begin on the Barclays Center arena. Comments (8).

February, 2010

Deadly silence? Officials have had one e-mail exchange over Yards security

Atlantic Yards: Is it possible that state officials have had just a single e-mail exchange regarding securing the outside of the Barclays Center arena in the heart of Brooklyn? Comments (4).

January, 2010

The MTA’s big bollards are an affront to Brooklyn

Atlantic Yards: The Brooklyn Paper’s editorial board has harsh words for the tomb-like security perimeter around the new Long Island Rail Road terminal. Comments (4).

Block buster! State moves to close roads around Yards arena

Atlantic Yards: The construction of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards will enter a new phase next month when three major streets are permanently wiped off the New York City grid to accommodate the developer’s basketball arena. Comments (14).

Lawyers: Yards neighbors will enjoy decades of blight

Atlantic Yards: State officials condemned Prospect Heights to 21 years of upheaval by ignoring the implications of giving Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner more time to build his mega-development when they renegotiated their deal with the builder last summer, project opponents alleged in court on Tuesday. Comments (10).

December, 2009

Off with his head! Freddy’s Bar unveils guillotine to slay ‘Eminent Domain’

Atlantic Yards: Watch our exclusive video of all the action. With video … Comment.

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