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May 16, 2005
It's All Our "Backyard"
Ratner's Downtown Plans Can Set Precedent
for Local Development
Block Magazine
www.blockmagazine.com
Writer and media blogger Jon Whiten makes the case that we all should care about what happens at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush, despite the fact that it is Not In My BackYard.
I soon realized that this is a dangerous, cynical, and self-defeating stance for anyone to take. Yet we are all lulled into NIMBY attitudes, especially when it comes to urban development. This is a fact of modern city life - it is fractured. Organizing is hard. So why do it when you have little that is tangibly at stake?
At the risk of sounding pithy, I'll answer simply: it is important. Events are interconnected, especially within the same borough or city - procedures for development are often set by precedents.
Posted by lumi at May 16, 2005 7:18 AM