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April 2, 2005
What Does the Atlantic Yards Mean for Boerum Hill?
From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
An educational presentation—What Does the Atlantic Yards Mean for Boerum Hill? will be made on Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. at the Belarusian Church at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Bond Street. The event is sponsored by the Boerum Hill Association. A panel of experts will help neighbors understand the impact of the proposed Nets arena project on the community. Developer Bruce Ratner’s project would tap the talents of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry in designing a complex that incorporates housing, retail, and the basketball arena.The speakers at the Boerum Hill forum will include Dr. Robert E. Paaswell, Director of CUNY’s Urban Transportation Research Center; George Sweeting, Deputy Director of the Independent Budget Office for Education, Health, Social Services, Economics & Tax Policy; and Alex Marshall, author of How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl and the Roads Not taken.
Jo Anne Simon is a former Boerum Hill Association president and chair of the association’s Atlantic Yards Task Force. She urges “everyone to find out the facts about the Atlantic Yards proposal. As folks have seen with the West Side Stadium, nothing is written in stone. We know many in our community would like the Atlantic Yards proposal to go away. Regardless, Boerum Hill will engage in any and all processes available to the public to examine the proposal and assist in making whatever ultimately happens at Atlantic Yards address the area’s needs in a meaningful way.”
Posted by amy at April 2, 2005 1:06 AM