Politics & Government

PHOTOS: The Barclays Center Has Risen

A monthly photo essay documenting the construction of the Barclays Center, which the Brooklyn Nets will soon call home.

Piece by piece and month by month, the Barclays Center has grown. Now, with the frame complete and the glass walls filling in, the arena is looking like the soon-to-be home of the Brooklyn Nets.

The enormous footprint lies within the intersection of Flatbush, Atlantic, Fifth and Fourth avenues.

A construction worker leaving the arena through a gate on Flatbush took a step back and stared at the structure.

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“When it's all complete it is going to be a masterpiece,” he said while wearing a hard hat.

Take a look at our monthly installment of Brick by Brick to see how the Center has grown.

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