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Norman Oder

Norman Oder

Brooklyn journalist Norman Oder writes the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report blog
Jun
28
Another 17-Story Building Proposed for Atlantic Avenue, Near Franklin Ave. Shuttle, This Time in CB 3

Another 17-Story Building Proposed for Atlantic Avenue, Near Franklin Ave. Shuttle, This Time in CB 3

The march of potential large development along broad Atlantic Avenue in Central Brooklyn continues, with Atlantic Brooklyn LLC, whose owners
8 min read
May
18
80 Flatbush Project Swaps Office Space for Mostly Market-Rate Housing in First Tower As It Begins Construction

80 Flatbush Project Swaps Office Space for Mostly Market-Rate Housing in First Tower As It Begins Construction

The 80 Flatbush parcel from the corner of Flatbush Avenue and State Street, looking up Flatbush. A 44-story, 480-foot tower
5 min read
May
10
CB8 Land Use Committee Votes Against Developer’s Revised Proposal For Tower At Atlantic & Vanderbilt

CB8 Land Use Committee Votes Against Developer’s Revised Proposal For Tower At Atlantic & Vanderbilt

Developer’s argument that corner site deserves more density.The developers of 840 Atlantic Avenue [/?s=%22840+Atlantic%22], a
6 min read
Apr
09
Developers Propose Two 17-Story Towers in Prospect Heights/Crown Heights. CB 8 Says Whoa, Gets Backing From Cumbo

Developers Propose Two 17-Story Towers in Prospect Heights/Crown Heights. CB 8 Says Whoa, Gets Backing From Cumbo

Auguring a striking remake of dowdy, underutilized Atlantic Avenue east of Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights and Crown Heights, developers
9 min read
Mar
22
Will All 258 “Affordable” Units at Largest Pacific Park Tower Go to the Better-Off?

Will All 258 “Affordable” Units at Largest Pacific Park Tower Go to the Better-Off?

Empire State Development handoutThe largest building so far in Pacific Park Brooklyn, slated to open later this year, is set
5 min read
Mar
10
Proposed Tower at McDonald’s Site Faces Pushback, Questions Over Ownership 

Proposed Tower at McDonald’s Site Faces Pushback, Questions Over Ownership 

840 Atlantic, rendering and massing plan via EAS.With the clock finally starting on the city’s land-use review process
9 min read
Dec
07
Community Board 8 Wary Toward Proposed 18-Story Tower at McDonald’s Site in Prospect Heights

Community Board 8 Wary Toward Proposed 18-Story Tower at McDonald’s Site in Prospect Heights

The proposed 840 Atlantic, opposite the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Vanderbilt Yard, would concentrate most of its bulk at the
6 min read
Jul
08
How an Angela Davis Quote Wound Up at the Barclays Center Subway Entrance

How an Angela Davis Quote Wound Up at the Barclays Center Subway Entrance

Angela Davis Quote at Barclays Center. Norman Oder/BklynerOn June 7, the tenth day of protests that coalesced around the
3 min read
Jun
19
Has Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Renovation Been Permanently Delayed?

Has Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Renovation Been Permanently Delayed?

Rendering of Flatbush Avenue facade of LIU Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Paramount signage. Rendering by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture. Used
5 min read
Jun
10
Brooklyn’s Accidental New Town Square

Brooklyn’s Accidental New Town Square

MLK quote at Barclays center. Norman Oder/BklynerWhen the Barclays Center was designated [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/
8 min read