Karl Fischer bunker beds

Real estate magnate Bruce Ratner's problem is that he thinks too big.  If he had quietly bought a block at a time and hired Karl Fischer, Atlantic Yards would be done by now (above left: Phase 1; above right: Phase 2).  Instead, it's every other block of Williamsburg that gets an arbitrary eyesore from the napkin doodles of The Master.

I saw this hole (left) at a construction site where one of Karl's buildings (373 Wythe) is going up near the Williamsburg Bridge, and I think I'm starting to understand what he's up to.

He is a hugely wealthy, influential architect (in the way McDonald's is an influential restaurant), and bound to earn his share of enemies and gold diggers.

So, like Saddam Hussein, he builds dozens of large buildings, each with a secure bunker below the basement, then connects the bunkers with tunnels large enough to navigate in his bullet-proof golf cart, with a few former Canadian Hockey League Special Forces goons riding shotgun.  Then like Saddam he parties and sleeps in a different bunker every night (right), hoping to evade the jealous predators who make success a living hell.

At least I'm pretty sure that's what's going on...