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April 18, 2005
MR. BROOKLYN. Marty Markowitz—the man, the plan, the arena.
The New Yorker
By Rebecca Mead
Profile of the President of the Booster Club of Brooklyn. Rebecca Mead rides shotgun through many of Brooklyn's neighborhoods as Marty takes a call from "Bruce" and slams Prospect Heights.
Here are some tidbits from the article that Marty managed to leave on the buffet table:
But his self-appointment as Brooklyn’s chief nostalgist deflects attention from the surprising fact that, if the Atlantic Yards development gets built, he will have wielded far more influence over the shaping of Brooklyn’s future than anyone expected of him.
That bid for office resulted in Markowitz’ being charged with failing to disclose campaign contribution from a loca businessman: he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor, paid a nearly eight-thousand-dollar fine, and performed seventy-five hours of community service
The project, designed by Frank Gehry, is slated to include several towers, the tallest of which, at six hundred and twenty feet, will loom more than a hundred feet above the [Williamsburg Savings Bank's] golden cupola. Markowitz claims to be confident that the older building will not be overshadowed—“From what I understand, there are ways in architecture to design a building in a way that enhances the view of the Williamsburgh building,”
Posted by lumi at April 18, 2005 8:46 AM