All the while Harvey Lichtenstein was building the Brooklyn Academy as a cultural force, he was bothered by the vacant property around the Academy building. Now he proposes an ambitious series of buildings – a visual and performing arts library, a charter school, a new- media center, a mixed-use arts complex, theaters, nonprofit offices, a museum, retail space, loft housing and a hotel – and has got architect Rem Koolhaas interested. – New York Times 09/28/00