Practice Facility to be Part of Barclays Center
by Net Income on Mar 20, 2010 2:54 PM EDT
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PrintIt hasn't gotten a lot of attention yet and no interior renderings of it have been released yet, but tucked into a corner of Barclays Center will be the Nets new Practice Facility. The "Barclays Center Practice Facility" will replace the "PNY Center" at the team's offices in East Rutherford. The Nets are expected to stay at the PNY facility on Murray Hill Parkway--a former warehouse not far from Route 17--until Barclays opens in 2012.
The Nets always planned to move their practice facility across the rivers--and the earliest renderings of the arena included it. What makes the Nets facility unique among NBA teams is that visitors--and those just walking by the arena--will be able to look into it. Visitors entering the arena lobby will find a view of the practice court one level below grade. In addition, the court will be visible to those passing by on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue, permitting fans to watch the team practice from the street. There are even benches visible in some of the exterior renderings. (There's no indication yet of whether access to the court can be shut off but we can't imagine a coach not wanting that right.)
It is not as exquisite as the Cavaliers' suburban Cleveland Clinic Courts, but it's designed by Ellerbe Becket, who's also the main architect for Cavs' facility...and is expected to be a more urban model.
- Barclays Center - The Venue - Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment
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Net Income - You say he's no Steiglitz, but...
…you seem to have no problem with using Tracy Collins’ copyrighted photograph, without permission, and slapping it up on your site when it suits your needs.
The photo can be found here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_collins/3921432565/in/set-72157622374030950/.
Scroll down on that Flickr page and see under the heading “Additional Information” the words “All rights reserved”.
As I noted
He is fine photographer and I didn’t know the provenance of the image when I clipped it.
My complaint, as noted TWICE, is that the critics exaggerate everything about this controversy. I remember your great optimism when Judge Gerges decided not to rule on condemnation back on Jan. 29. The optimism was exaggerated, ne c’est pas?
I'm glad that you like my work...
…but, you still have not credited me, you still have not asked for permission, nor have I given you permission. So, credit me and link back to its Flickr page (as required by Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne) or remove my photo.
by Tracy Collins on Mar 21, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I hope to see Net Income give credit where credit is due.
As for my “exaggerations”: On Jan. 29 I wrote, “I’m back from the hearing. There’ll be no transfer of title today!” This was a plain and simple statement of fact. No exaggeration, just your mischaracterization.
If only you had taken the trouble to examine the exaggerated claims of Ratner and the ESDC as to the benefits of this project (for example: projected job creation, tax revenues and number of affordable housing units), your credibility would be greater.
“Ne c’est pas?” Please, NI, such dreck you write.
by SteveFtGreene on Mar 21, 2010 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions
optimism
if optimism equates to exaggeration, than you and any other Nets fan exaggerates far more than anyone else. True, no?
by Daniel Goldstein on Mar 21, 2010 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Mor like taking stuff the opposition has said and taking it out of context just like how it was done at Hillary Clinton when she ran for president back in 2008.
by Tal Barzilai on Mar 21, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
are you still upset that Hil lost?
-Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Pot, kettle, black...again
Weren’t you the guy who “guaranteed” that the Nets wouldn’t be able to sell the bonds before the December 31 deadline? Weren’t you the guy who said all you had to do was “run out the clock”?
And weren’t you the guy who days ago said, ""I need to find somewhere to live but I don’t when I have to do that," I guess you were too optimistic in your assessment of the facts on the ground. Or is it possible you exaggerated your prospects for success? To what end?
I assume when this is over, there will be some property owners embittered by all that optimism, all that exaggeration. As you said of them, most recently, “They all will all be gone eventually and eminent domain will have been used to clear the site”. No probably, no doubt.
you are a strange dude Net Income, if that is you're real name
you are a strange dude Net Income, if that is you’re real name.
No, i guaranteed no such thing.
No, i did not say “all we had to do was run out the clock..”
As for finding somewhere to live, once NY State stole my title to my property you better believe I had to start finding somewhere to live, as for when I will have to go to a new home, I did not know by when, and still don’t. no exaggeration there.
I a can assure you that you assume wrong. There are no property owners who did anything they did not choose to do on their own. I have and have had, zero sway over any other resident or owner in the footprint. The fact that you think these adult individuals haven’t made their own choices really shows how under-informed you are about the facts on the ground over her in Brooklyn. But that is understandable since you are not here in Brooklyn.
Finally, you quote me saying they all will be gone eventually, then you claim i said “probably”. You really are a strange guy.
Anyway, as I wrote, there is no greater optimist than a diehard Nets’ fan. Which you equate to exaggeration.
by Daniel Goldstein on Mar 21, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
He was talking about me
Daniel, he was talking about me, not you. The only reason why Ratner gets where he needs to is because he has those friends in high places. I still believe that the clock be ran out here for not getting the Nets to Brooklyn, because despite the number of lawsuits he won, he still didn’t have the money for it let alone getting the loans hence relying on taxpayer bonds instead. When I mentioned the statement on Hillary Clinton, I was not talking about her, I was talking about statements were being taking out of context from its original meaning and she is the best example for that. As a matter of fact, I sometimes relate some people’s attitude similar to the WNBA because that’s a major example of where hostilities and stereotypes are shown. The other statements were to show how many had succeded in the past without sucuming to naysayers that told them to stop. I am surprised that a journalist like Net Income does not bother to look it up to understand the points, and that is a humilation in itself. A nerdy leftist such as Al Gore would have known that easily. For the record, I do NOT speak for DDDB in any way or form nor am I associated with them or anyone else who opposes this project, so stop with making further accusations just as much as you wouldn’t want me to accuse you of working for FCR since you and other supporters tend to either act defensive on this or repeat some of the rhetoric he already mentioned. On a sidenote, if Ratner is not like Maddoff, then I would like to proof claiming it false rather than just saying that it’s a personal attack on him, plus I am still waiting for where the opposition has said that they don’t want any developement on the rail yards or happen to be selfish in not giving up their property. I will continue saying this until I see the proof and a true journalist like yourself should know the difference between truth and tabliod.
by Tal Barzilai on Mar 21, 2010 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I still haven't heard from Daniel Goldstein what you expect to accomplish if you succeed in pushing your Court Ordered Eviction into May, instead of April?
What is your point of a possible few week delay?
In your best case of hurting Ratner, the Nets may lose out in getting Avery Johnson as coach.
I doubt if Ratner could care less about that.
What do you gain? Your reputation will only sink further, because everyone knows your days are numbered (between 14 and 44 days).
PS – can you educate me as to how the construction people will demolish your 9 story Condo that I can see in detail on my Bing Birds-Eye View?
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