A large rally took place on May 3rd, 2008, on Pacific Avenue, Brooklyn, to demand a "Time Out" for the Atlantic Yards project.

The current "Forest City Ratner" project is questioned, through endless litigation, as it does not offer an environmentally or socially sustainable urban form.

(The Municipal Art Society of New York calls for reform of Atlantic Yards Governance.)

 FCRC Atlantic Yards

Many elected officials and community organizers have asked again and again for a whole new plan, which would be established with their input (a request that is indeed quite legitimate).

The alternative "Unity Plan" is considered as a first step in the right direction, which should be followed by a broad and sustained effort.

Here is an opportunity to inaugurate, in New York, an open and independant community-based planning process, with sustainability in mind, for one of the most basic new urban design issues in New York.