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What kind of cultural attraction's are in downtown Brooklyn that would make you think it would be able to compete with the other downtown's? I know downtown D.C. has a pretty long list of museums and I won't even start on theaters:
No it is probably closer to 80 than 8... But really, there are at least a few dozen really huge projects going on. It seems like the most active area is around 8th and Grand and expanding outwards through South Park and the Financial District, but Bunker Hill has had some pretty decent action as well. Other areas seeing action include the Historic Core, Fashion District, Little Tokyo and the Arts District.
This shows 19 projects currently under construction, and a few that are listed as Approved are U/C - so the list is closer to 24. Not sure how it compares as far as residential units that are U/C, maybe not that great as mentioned above. One other thing is these don't include Adaptive Reuse projects, which are a huge part of the sea-change DTLA has experienced.
Los Angeles is definitely building more than Boston - this is pretty logical because DTLA has so many more empty lots and low-intensity uses than Boston has - it is easier and there are more opportunities for development. Seems like most of Boston's work is at the harbor area and Back Bay. They were building a high-rise near Water Street when I worked in the Harbor area, it is pretty impressive how much that area has changed.
Seattle is undergoing more construction than any other city save for NYC/Chicago. As much as people are glorifying the construction in DTLA, Seattle blows it out of the water right now. Cranes towering the sky everywhere. I would know, I just moved up here from LA.
It will be interesting to see what Seattle's skyline will look like by 2020 along with Vancouver's as they continue to battle for skyline supremacy in the PNW.
And I know this thread is for downtown, but I'd argue that downtown and midtown Atlanta are essentially the same anyway.
Of the three towers, the tallest is alleged to be 56-stories tall, and the second, 46-stories tall.
Nearly every city in the US right now has these kinds of buildings under construction right now.
Also, this would not be Atlanta’s tallest. Office buildings are taller per floor than residential buildings so total height would be close the height of the 41-story 1180 office building. The tallest by floor count is the 70-story Westin Peachtree Plaza followed by the 60-story Suntrust Plaza. The tallest of the proposed towers will be "one" of Atlanta's tallest, but not the tallest.
Of the three towers, the tallest is alleged to be 56-stories tall, and the second, 46-stories tall.
Nearly every city in the US right now has these kinds of buildings under construction right now.
Also, this would not be Atlanta’s tallest. Office buildings are taller per floor than residential buildings so total height would be close the height of the 41-story 1180 office building. The tallest by floor count is the 70-story Westin Peachtree Plaza followed by the 60-story Suntrust Plaza. The tallest of the proposed towers will be "one" of Atlanta's tallest, but not the tallest.
No one said it would be the tallest. What are you pointing out?
I was thinking more of a list. I have not spent much time in downtown Brooklyn. I have only been to Flatbush and Bedstey where my friends lived.
Oh, there's performance art centers with BAM being the most notable and BargeMusic nearby (extended downtown?), a few random museums, some interesting community spaces like Eyebeam which sponsors and supports artworks dealing with media/technology or Genspace which is sort of a hackerspace focusing on biotechnologies, the Barclays center, a few colleges/universities that put on events, events in front of the borough hall, festivals, the weekly Brooklyn Flea, etc. It's a really active community or communities of people contributing to a constant stream of activities and a pretty good cycle of production and exhibition.
What kind of cultural attraction's are in downtown Brooklyn that would make you think it would be able to compete with the other downtown's? I know downtown D.C. has a pretty long list of museums and I won't even start on theaters:
Brooklyn is nothing special in my book. Who cares about its over spent and broke arena, the tightly cramped art scene and its diffuse museum scene? Its downtown is not cohesive now.
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But really, there are at least a few dozen really huge projects going on. It seems like the most active area is around 8th and Grand and expanding outwards through South Park and the Financial District, but Bunker Hill has had some pretty decent action as well. Other areas seeing action include the Historic Core, Fashion District, Little Tokyo and the Arts District. 
