Thanks to Brownstoner, for posting this picture and article from the New York Times. I was also interested to read Brownstoner’s comment in italics below.

July 5, 2005, NY Times — The massive building plan surrounding a new
Nets arena east of Downtown Brooklyn will include a ridge of a
half-dozen skyscrapers as high as 60 stories sweeping down Atlantic
Avenue, along with four towers circling the basketball arena, according
to new designs completed by the developer Bruce C. Ratner and the
architect Frank Gehry. The project, the largest proposed outside
Manhattan in decades, would include much more housing than originally
announced in 2003, growing to about 6,000 units from 4,500, according
to a plan made available to The New York Times. But the real impact
would be in the size and density of the buildings, which are taller and
bulkier than once envisioned. With 17 buildings, many of them soaring
40 to 50 stories, the project would forever transform the borough and
its often-intimate landscape, creating a dense urban skyline
reminiscent of Houston or Dallas. The project would be built in phases,
starting with the blocks around the arena, then the apartment complexes
along Dean Street at the Vanderbilt Avenue end, and finally the
northern stretch of housing along Atlantic Avenue. The arena is planned
to open for the 2008-9 basketball season, said James P. Stuckey, an
executive vice president at Forest City Ratner Companies, with the
entire project completed as soon as 2011. The project will come before
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority tomorrow as Mr. Ratner makes
a formal proposal to buy and develop the Atlantic Avenue railyards.

Brownstoner’s Comment: We have to admit that these renderings are pretty
exciting. Over the past several months, as the debate over the project
has intensified, we found our sympathies leaning towards the
anti-Ratner camp. We’re extremely uncomfortable with the concept of
eminent domain and if our brownstone happened to be directly affected
by the plan we’re sure we wouldn’t be pleased. But it’s hard to look at
Gehry’s renderings and not get swept up. We couldn’t give a rat’s ass
about having a local basketball team, but being at the center of
arguably the most significant urban development effort in a generation
(or more) is starting to outweigh our earlier reservations. Let’s hope
that it’s more than a giant P.R. stunt to close the deal. Enough
people’s lives are being uprooted that this better end up being
something special. From the looks of it, it just may be.

Instant Skyline Added to Brooklyn Arena Plan [NY Times]
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