Atlantic Terminal Station: So Close!
After all these years of construction, the Atlantic Terminal Station is looking very, very near to finally being finished. Another milestone was reached a couple weeks ago, when the blue fence outside the station was replaced with a chain-link number that allows one to behold the exterior and some of the interior. A Peek Inside…
After all these years of construction, the Atlantic Terminal Station is looking very, very near to finally being finished. Another milestone was reached a couple weeks ago, when the blue fence outside the station was replaced with a chain-link number that allows one to behold the exterior and some of the interior.
A Peek Inside the Atlantic Terminal Station [Brownstoner]
Atlantic Terminal Station May One Day Be Complete! [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Atlantic Terminal Station [Brownstoner] GMAP
Atlantic Terminal Station Gets Glassy [Brownstoner]
Atlantic Terminal Station Starting to Show its Face [Brownstoner]
Ratner did the Court St. Cinema? Wow. that is the fugliest building ever erected. I lived down the street when they were building it and we couldn’t believe how bad it was. Has the architect gone into hiding? Or maybe onto another career- like selling artisanal breads somewhere?
I would say the the old terminal was neglected, but not a mess. The waiting room was usable into the 80’s (not destroyed in the 70’s) until a section of ceiling fell, but was never repaired. There was room for tenants at street level, but there hadn’t been any for years.
It was on a small scale, but was not beyond being salvaged.
All snarking aside, I think it looks pretty good.
“There was a very nice Beaux-Arts station there”
Yeah maybe in the 1920’s – because for as long as ANYONE reading this was alive (if they were even alive) – the Flatbush Terminal was a decrepit mess. It was not old Penn Station, it wasnt a masterpiece, it was just OLD and beyond salvage when it was destroyed in the 70’s and anyone who says different wasnt there or is senile.
Watcher, trying looking up, its a gorgeous building.
And again I fail to see what is so terrible about Atlantic Terminal (not Center) especially with this (to mee anyway) attractive and classic new entrance. What exactly were you people expecting, 30th Street Station?????
As I have said regarding other buildings – its easy to criticize, so instead point to another transportation/shopping center built in the last 30years – anywhere in this country that you find so much more attractive.
Boymolgren didn”t build this, this is another Ratner disaster. This was delayed by his bad relationship with the LIRR folks… imagine the disaster AY would bring… not that it’s gonna happen.
Now that the Center, the Terminal and the Court St. Cinema disaster have established a new Forest City aesthetic, it is ironic to read that their new building on DeKalb was “designed by the renowned architectural firm Costas Kondylis & Partners,[and] the building has “unique architectural features,†including “an angled metal and glass facade accented by large terraced setbacks at the upper portion of the building.†Haven’t seen it. Does it continue the fake brick theme?
“Thanks for the reminder that I need to buy a salad spinner.”
Step right into tarjay and get the Martha Stewart version…
There was a very nice Beaux-Arts station there. It was allowed to fall into disrepair.
Now there’ a crappy mall that tries to invoke Ebbetts Field.
Here are two links to give an idea of an actual, historical building on this site that was lost:
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/LIRRstations/flatbushterm1.jpg
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/LIRRstations/flatbushavterminal2.jpg
Maybe they *are* tombs… bwahahaha!