The Barclays Center is now truly flying up—in the past month, the sides of the basketball arena that the Brooklyn-bound New Jersey Nets plan to call home in the 2012-2013 have been revealed, with almost all of the steel frame now in place. The concrete slabs that will make up the arena seating has begun to go into place. In the next two months, as installation of the façade kicks into high-gear, what was once merely a collection of steel girders and cranes will reveal the shape of the arena. 

Demolition and excavation still continues on the Long Island Railroad/Vanderbilt Yard side of the site. Later this summer, major traffic changes near the arena will go into affect in preparation for the arena’s opening season.

Every month, we'll take a look at the progress the work crews are making. As the Barclays Center and the rest of the development rise along neighborhood’s border, we'll take note as each beam is raised each wall is erected and each building demolished.