All the bells and whistles have been stripped from it — most notably “starchitect” Frank Gehry and his expressionist building and arena designs — but the cost of developer Bruce Ratner's controversial Atlantic Yards project has ballooned by nearly a billion dollars, state officials said today.http://www.nypost.com/seven/06232009/news/regionalnews/brooklyn/atlantic_yards_budget_balloons_by_nearly_175734.htm
