"A football stadium is not a neighborhood-friendly object but an industrial one and the criteria for siting such huge constructions resemble those for choosing a spot for a factory or power station (the proportions of which are perfectly reproduced in the stadium design proposed for the Jets)," says architect Michael Sorkin. And so he's proposing 10 alternatives to the West Side of Manhattan, where he says a stadium would have been a disaster. Hunts Point/Port Morris/Mott Haven in the Bronx (see above) is tops on the list. Yankee Stadium/Bronx Terminal Market; Sunnyside Yard, Queens; Brooklyn Navy Yard; and Sunset Park/Bush Terminal, Brooklyn round out the top 5.
· 10 Better Places for a Football Stadium [ArchPaper via Archinect]
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