Atlantic Yards Photo Simulations Photo Gallery by atlanticyards at pbase.com

Atlantic Yards Photo Simulations

Before and after views from around the project footprint reveal the massive scale of the proposed luxury apartments and sports complex.

Images are 9 inches largest dimension @ 300 dpi (same as 11 inches @ 240 dpi), sRGB color space. Resolution is sufficient for prints up to letter size (8.5x11 inches.) For highest quality, choose "original" size.

All Images Copyright 2006 Jonathan Barkey.

**PLEASE NOTE: Photographer ENCOURAGES WIDESPREAD DISTRIBUTION of these images FOR INFORMATIONAL, EDITORIAL AND NON-PROFIT USE, including electronically, in publications, handouts, posters and banners. THERE IS NO FEE, but the images remain under copyright and may not be sold or otherwise used commercially without photographer's consent.

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Carlton@Atlantic_EXISTING.jpg	Carlton@Atlantic_PROJECTED.jpg	Dean@SixthAve_EXISTING.jpg	Dean@SixthAve_PROJECTED.jpg
DeanFacingArena_EXISTING.jpg	DeanFacingArena_PROJECTED.jpg	DeanPlaygroundElev_VERT_EXISTING.jpg	DeanPlaygroundElev_VERT_PROJECTED.jpg
DeanPlaygroundElevated_EXISTING.jpg	DeanPlaygroundElevated_PROJECTED.jpg	DeanPlayground_EXISTING.jpg	DeanPlayground_PROJECTED.jpg

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Angelo Vega		11-Dec-2009 19:14
Well,well! Gentification has come to Brooklyn at last. It's Democracy for the wealthy and the Powerful. When Bloomberg wanted to run again,what happen? When Wall St geniuses screwed up, what happen? When for the last 30 years tax money from the Peoples Tresury was given away, what happen? This is NOT a Government For The People By The People. It's a Government For The Rich From the Poor and Middle Class!

Guest		01-Oct-2009 11:37
"in general, there's lots of traffic and blight. Thanks to Jonathan for taking the time and trouble to show what the future may hold......" I'm from Houston, and not usually pro-arena projects, but the NBA area, the toyota center, built in our downtown area, actually got rid of a lot of blight.. so I dontknow.

Guest		19-Sep-2009 13:22
The work-ups look very Soviet-style. Look at the Palace of Science or the U. of Moscow, from the Stalin era. On the other hand, maybe it's fitting?

Mike M		10-Jul-2009 14:54
I worked on the environmental phase of this project back in 2005-6, Brooklyn proved to be pretty clean, well atleast non-toxic or non-contaminated anyway. However, I saw some pretty depressed nieghborhoods, and this project would certaintly help the economy. I did feel like Ratner was evicting quite alot of people against their will. Though he was writing some big checks to do it. Only the people who werent getting the checks were complaining. Hope something happens soon or it will be a shame.

Joshua		28-Dec-2008 07:28
The bottom line, world population is growing and we need to build more housing, but yes, it should be affordable. And more construction projects = jobs. So I'm for this redevelopment (or "destroying the community", if you want to be a cynic). Just build the damn thing and get people working again. If it sucks, hire people to bulldoze it, then hire more people redevelop it again. And who cares about scale, we need to build up, not out... it's better for the environment...

Larry		11-Dec-2008 17:27
To the guest that said "You people whine to much" I dont ccare about people whining they may be whining but watch the YOU PEOPLE phrase!!~

Larry		11-Dec-2008 17:26
You have to get money to own your neighborhood. Doesnt matter where your from, color or socio economic status. Im broke, but I cant tell people in my neighborhood not to build a stadium. the only thing you can do is get money. if you dont own your property, you cant say much. thats the way it is. and i dont live in ny and im not white.

Guest		04-Nov-2008 21:57
you ppl whine too much....

jedediah		03-Aug-2008 02:22
give brooklyn back to the brooklyn born brooklynites, if there are any of us left and let these bozo yipsters invade brownsville!!!

Carly		25-Nov-2007 19:27
To Jonathan Barkey - Hi Jonathan. I'm a grad student at Columbia Journalism school. We're doing a multimedia project about Atlantic Yards and I wanted to know if I could use some of these images as part of a bigger map we are making about Atlantic Yards. It wouldn't be for publication but for a grad class. I would credit you. Also, this might seem weird, but we also wanted to interview anyone who is opposed to the AY development - this seems like a good place to start! Would anyone like to be interviewed about their position regarding Atlantic Yards? I am obviously looking for those who are opposed to the project - why, what they think the nabe will lose, how AY could be redeveloped differently. I'm just trying to show how AY will change that part of Brooklyn. Of course, the focus of this piece is that most Brooklynites are against Atlantic Yards - and why. My e-mail address is carly.baldwin@gmail.com or cb2497@columbia.edu. That's the best way to get in touch with me and then maybe we can conduct the interviews over phone. Anyone want to talk? thanks a lot! Carly Baldwin

Guest		04-Nov-2007 21:37
I think this development is horrible. It seems to me that the greedy people are trying to make Brooklyn a mini manhattan. Brooklyn is not manhattan it is Brooklyn. These new developments are going to take the culture and uniqueness. Most of the ppl that think this is a good idea must not be original Brooklynites, because those of us that are know that Brooklyn is fine just the way it is. There is no problem with wanting to add a few malls to an area. However, building an arena and multiple condos that will only add traffic and remove ppl from a place they'vr called home for so long is not only wrong it is inhumane. I wonder if they would like it if someone came and wrongfully took over thier houses to build condos and an arena.

Guest		09-Apr-2007 14:15
great job as always Jon!

Guest		28-Jan-2007 16:49
I think this developement sux! My guess is they got architects cryogenically frozen in 1991 and then unfroze them in this century just so they could come up with this fossil of a concept. The Nets need to move to another city, not destroy Brooklyn. Keep Brooklyn the way it is!!

Sharon		03-Sep-2006 13:20
So sad that greed has once again reared its ugly head.!!! It's too bad that these huge structures will change the nature of the area and cause it to become a claustrophobic enclosure. Notice too that around stadiums, in general, there's lots of traffic and blight. Thanks to Jonathan for taking the time and trouble to show what the future may hold......

Guest		29-Aug-2006 19:09
Great job. Once again it's the community members who are revealing the lies of this Ratner mess. Man, these pictures are really bringing it home, along with the other comments at that hearing that revealed that all those ACORN and BUILD people are being lied to by their "leaders." Biggest liars: Pataki, Bloomberg, Markowitz, Green, Bertha Lewis, Herbert Daughtry! I also don't notice anything out of Ratner calling these pictures into question! Rats can't face the truth! More pictures, please!

Guest		29-Aug-2006 17:54
These renderings make it appear that Ratner's project is the only one that will dramatically change downtown Brooklyn while in truth their are several other high rise buildings planned. This project would be put in more perspective if we could see the other high rise buildings to be built in the area. All of these project combined downtown Brooklyn will be radically different over the next few years

Guest		29-Aug-2006 14:06
Oh, btw Jonathon I would also like to thank you for making these images, they have shown, more than anything i have seen to date, the extreme impact this project would have. Even during that 'raucous' hearing, it awed opponents to silence, and, i think, was instrumental in causing many cheerleaders to have second thoughts about this, very very bad project.

Guest		29-Aug-2006 14:03
"No worse than Manhattan and Manhattan has highest property values on the planet. Whats the problem????????????" by that logic we should build skyscrapers in brooklyn heights. not everything is about money, though greedy developers certainly think it is. And not even their own money they raiding the public funds to do so. the problem is it evades local zoning laws, uses huge public subsidies to build luxury condos (and a billion dollar profit for the developer, which would impossible if it were a PRIVATE undertaking) and uses eminent domain. Frankly, its stinks all around

Michael G.		29-Aug-2006 03:14
If Jane Jacobs could stop Robert Moses, we can stop Bruce Ratner!!! Develop Don't Destroy!

Sarah Moon		28-Aug-2006 16:23
Thank you so much for taking the time to create these images. All of the images being released for media use seem to take a semi-bird's eye view of the development which significantly diminishes one's perception of the overwhelming physical impact of these buildings. If this development goes through, Brooklyn will become no different than any other corportized downtown area in America. The Atlantic Yards fight is increasingly symbolic of a much larger struggle in this country, the stakes of which are bigger than anyone has yet acknowledged. We need tools like the images above to make sure decisions are based on reality - not dissembling and promises of pies in the sky.

Guest		26-Aug-2006 19:30
Jonathan, thanks so much for this attempt at showing us all what this project really means. Your renderings make it absolutely clear that ts scale is absurdly inappropriate to the surrounding community. I only hope it's not already a foregone conclusion.

Kathie Newton		25-Aug-2006 22:48
This project is backwards. First there should be urban planning and infrastructure, then a design that is of a reasonable scale. Frank Gehry is not an urban planner. He's known for signature buildings that don't necessarily fit into the fabric. The Municipal Art Society has asked the developer and architect to re-think this project. That the Mayor, the Governor and even Eliot Spitzer back this development shows a complete lack of sophistication on the aesthetics, and an insensitivity to the scale of the neighborhood, and an absence of vision of the effect on the infrastructure.

Guest		25-Aug-2006 21:47
There's a lot more to life than property values.... that's the problem.

Guest		23-Aug-2006 17:39
Nice work, Jonathan. As for the first comment: some of moved to Brooklyn so we wouldn't be in Manhattan.

Guest		23-Aug-2006 15:05
No worse than Manhattan and Manhattan has highest property values on the planet. Whats the problem????????????

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