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An Arena Grows in Brooklyn

Would You Live In This Giant Steel Box? Atlantic Yards’ First Modular Tower Breaks Ground

Well, modular is here, and it’s real. After decades of dreaming by architects, an unlikely patron, developer Bruce Ratner, has
By Matt Chaban

Bruce Ratner Thinks His Billion-Dollar Barclays Center Is Only Worth $111 M.

When Bruce Ratner said, in a press release issued by the arena, that Barclays Center made “the intersection of Atlantic
By Kit Dillon

Islanders Move to Brooklyn Will Not Make It Any Easier for You to Move to Atlantic Yards

Some good news for Bruce Ratner today, but probably not for the neighborhood or the folks who want to move
By Matt Chaban
When you're smilin', the whole borough smiles with you. (James Hamilton)

Brooklyn Brewery Founder Steve Hindy Still Loves the Barclays Center After All These Years

By Matt Chaban
As James Murphy once sang, "I was there." (Matt Chaban)

Jigga Scam: No Brooklyn Booze But Plenty of Time to Run Up the Tab at the Barclays Center

By Matt Chaban
Looks promising, but where are the promises unmet? (Wayne Bailey)

A Party, a Vigil, a Protest, a Concert: the Festivities and Fanaticism of the Barclays Center Opening

By Kit Dillon
What do you see?

<em>Times</em> Readers Think the Barclays Center Looks Like a Grilled Cheese Sandwich and a Burping Clam

By Kim Velsey
His hoopiness. (Getty)

Ratner: ‘We’ve Kept Every Single Promise We’ve Ever Made’

By Matt Chaban

Just How Bad Are the Giant Ads All Over the Barclays Center?

By Matt Chaban
Jumpin' off? (Property Shark)

The Nets Really Are Pushing the Brooklyn Thing: Team May Open Practice Facility in Redhook

By Matt Chaban
Step right up, kids. (NY Post)

Two of Our Favorite Brooklynites, Bruce Ratner and Andrea Peyser, Tour the Barclays Center

By Matt Chaban

Brooklyn Nets a Mega Mall: Forest City Mulls What’s Next for Atlantic Terminal and Atlantic Center

By Matt Chaban

Inside the Barclay’s Center, America’s Most Democratic Arena? [Video]

By Matt Chaban

Mesothelioma Scores? Asbestos May Drive Islanders to Brooklyn for Good

By Matt Chaban
With trees.

Barclays Boondoggle: Will the New Nets Arena Be a Parking Nightmare?

By Michael Ewing
The sun rises on the steel. (huckfunn/Flickr

Play Ball! Barclays Center Down Only a Few Points as Panelists Get Back to Work

By Matt Chaban
Rain man. (Getty)

Bruce Ratner “Walked Between the Legal Raindrops”

By Matt Chaban
Rusted and busted. (AY Report)

Tip-Off Tip Over? Barclays Center Facade Maker Goes Out of Business, Possibly Imperiling Opening Day

By Matt Chaban
Raise high the roof beams, Mr. Ratner. (SHoP_

How Invested Is Bruce Ratner In Prefab? Oh, Only a Few Million

By Matt Chaban
The Witt-y guy. (Aaron Short)

Atlantic Yards Rivalry! Steve Witt's 'Gonzo' Book Goes Head-to-Head With Watchdog Norman Oder

By Matt Chaban
Crazy for cranes. (Brownstoner

The Mysterious Property Values of Atlantic Yards

By Matt Chaban
About those apartment buildings... (SHoP Architects)

To Prefab or Not to Prefab: Atlantic Yards Design Decision Will Be Made This Year

By Matt Chaban
Roake's roost at center. (Property Shark)

Is Dan Goldstein Really As Bad As Bruce Ratner Just Because He Wants a Renovation?

By Matt Chaban
"H-O-V-A, y'all got to feel the name Nets, cuz I'm keeping it."

Is Keeping the Name 'Nets' a Net Loss for Jay-Z and Brooklyn?

By Matt Chaban
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