MAS renderings show smaller Atlantic Yards

The New York Post looks at renderings of the Atlantic Yards project commissioned by the Municipal Art Society. Since project developer Bruce Ratner has not yet released new renderings reflecting many of the changes made to the project, including the replacement of starchitect Frank Gehry with Ellerbe Becket and the cancellation of Gehry’s design for the project’s arena, MAS commissioned renderings based on a few Becket designs that have been released. In the renderings, only the arena and two residential towers are shown, with temporary parking surrounding them. The MAS said it only portrayed two of 16 planned towers in the renderings because the project’s financing is uncertain. The Empire State Development Corporation is holding public hearings tomorrow and Thursday on Ratner’s scaled-back proposal for the project.