Hot Bird Hanging On: Atlantic Yards Destruction Update

There's a new construction update on the 'Yards over at No Land Grab. We swung past on Saturday to find the Hot Bird building on Vanderbilt has survived so far. * Demolition is complete at 465 Dean Street (block 1127, lot 54). Clean up and back fill will be completed within this 2-week period. * Demolition is complete at 814 Pacific Street (block 1129, lot 45). Clean up and back fill will be completed within this 2-week period. * Demolition is complete at 538 Vanderbilt Avenue (block 1129, lot 46). Clean up and back fill will be completed within this 2-week period. * Demolition is underway at 546 Vanderbilt Avenue (block 1129, lot 54) and will continue for the next two–three months.

Halloween Lands In Clinton Hill

The Society for Clinton Hill's Annual Halloween Walk begins at 5pm at the community garden at the corner of DeKalb and Hall. Alien visitations are expected at 313 Clinton Avenue, above, where the famous Halloween show will be playing every half-hour. The event is free.

Message to Mayor Moo Moo

Brooklyn's other Museum of Brooklyn is on Stueben between Myrtle and Park.

Walk Don't Destroy Brooklyn

WDD3 kicks off at noon on Sunday, and there's still time to register. From Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn: "Walk Don't Destroy 3 will be an opportunity to help fund the DDDB legal campaign at a fun, interactive and exciting event. Join your friends and neighbors to help stop eminent domain abuse, massive over-development and the destruction of the Brooklyn we know and love."

Hot Bird on Block 1129: Atlantic Yards Update

It's that time again: another demolition update is out for Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards project. There's more drilling and surveying underway at the corner of Vanderbilt and Pacific, block 1121.

It's a Jungle Out There

Nature is trying to reclaim Pacific before Ratner removes the street altogether.

Atlantic Yards Demolition Update: JRG Cafe Gone

JRG Cafe when it was still open for business "Demolition is underway at 175 Flatbush Avenue (block 1118, lot 6), and 177 Flatbush Avenue (block 1118, lot 5); 177 Flatbush Avenue will likely be completed within this period." From the ESDC construction update. The space where JRG Cafe was, photographed today.

Oasis

This young tree survives amongst the shifting dunes of the Atlantic Yards project.

Ratner Keeps His Tax Break

We like the Daily News' definition of "slash tax break" in their Atlantic Yards story today: Bruce Ratner gets out of paying property taxes for a mere 15 years, rather than 25 years as originally planned. Norman Oder provides annotation and analysis over at Atlantic Yards Report.

Atlantic Yards: That fence is finished.

We're way behind on this one, but the New York Post reported on Monday that the city is poised to pull $100 million in subsidies from the Forest City Ratner Atlantic Yards project. For an in-depth analysis of the article head over to No Land Grab. Subsidies or not, the work continues around the Yards.

Atlantic Yards: Everything Must Go

The JRG Restaurant is slated for demolition in preparation for the Atlantic Yards development. Today they were having an "everything must go" sale. I wish I had snapped a picture of the glowing orbs that would light up the canopied deck at night, when the sound of music, laughter, and clinking glasses would waft through the otherwise sparsely appointed lots -- always a welcome accompaniment on the walk home from Atlantic-Pacific station.

Ward's Bakery: Save It

This handsome 1911 white terra cotta clad beauty is scheduled for demolition as part of the preparation for the Atlantic Yards development. If you feel it should be developed rather than destroyed you can sign an online petition.

Atlantic Yards: Breaking Old Ground

Work began this morning on the 'demolition' of the old bus depot in preparation for the Atlantic Yards development. Not that there was much to demolish but there was a hole to be dug through the stubborn surface. Apparently later this week this red land mark, below, will also be flattened for Ratner's project. The Brooklyn Record reports that the JRG Fashion Cafe (white facade) is set to rise again inside the Nets Arena complex.