And...Here's the View of Gehry Land from The Street: Big. Very Big.

Don't know about you, but this new rendition of Atlantic Yards as seen from Flatbush Avenue is a real, um, eye opener.

We will avoid the temptation to get into detailed analysis of Frank Gehry's redesign, the mass at immediate street level, etc. As one who is not averse to Gehry (and who actually finds the buidlings striking in some respects), GL would love the structures if they were in, say, Midtown.

If the intent of the new design was to help mitigate community opposition, the early read is that it has not. In fact, the impact may be the opposite. The rendition above, showing the project as seen from Flatbush Avenue and St. Mark's in Park Slope-Prospect Heights, may indicate why some immediate neighbors and opponents are treating the new buildings like the proverbial turds floating in the punch bowl. Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's Daniel Goldstein calls the new design "16 skyscrapers worth of window dressing," comparing it to 1960s-style urban renewal with a Frank Gehry twist. To GL, calling something "urban renewal" is another way of saying, "unspeakable abomination" or "a throwback to the era when Robert Moses bulldozed neighborhoods. "

"It's still way too big," Goldstein says.

The press conference announcing the refried designs was noteable for excluding at least one blogger who opposes the project. (An indication of how much bloggers are irritating project backers?)

To see other renditions and assessments, go to Curbed and Atlantic Yards Report. As for this vista, well, words don't quite it do it justice from Gowanus Lounge's POV.