Develop Don't Destroy - UNITY Plan on Atlantic
April 8th
by dylan
by dylan
The proposal for one of the community-based alternatives to the Atlantic Yards associated with DDB, UNITY Plan, appeared in a storefront window across the street from the office recently (just noticed it today).
The MTA Vanderbilt Rail Yard is 8 acres of separating Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Park Slope and Boerum Hill. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, only two blocks away, attracts performers and visitors from around the world. Property values in all of the surrounding neighborhoods are skyrocketing.
Instead of closing streets, we propose extending South Eliot, South Oxford, Cumberland, Adelphi, and Clermont into the Yards. The new streets create pedestrian connections and more lot frontages. They also create smaller sites that could be developed either simultaneously or gradually.
Instead of creating privately held courtyards, we have proposed a network of public spaces that would stretch the length of the site and connect to surrounding streets. This robust network of streets and open spaces will finally stitch the neighborhoods together.
-From UNITY Plan / Strategy
