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February 17, 2005
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ARENA
NY Press, "OLYMPICS GO HOME": Part deux to Aaron Naparstek's column last week, "THE BROOKLYN RATS," where he took a hard look at Ratner's plan. This week he features the UNITY plan.
While FCR touts its ability to create jobs and affordable housing, [Urban Designer Marshall] Brown believes that the community can do better and expect more. "We can go beyond housing and build homes. We can go beyond jobs and build businesses and careers." Ultimately, this is the biggest innovation of the UNITY planóthe idea that those traditional political commodities, "jobs" and "housing," aren't enough. For hundreds of millions of dollars of public money, New Yorkers can expect more.
Posted by lumi at February 17, 2005 7:19 AM