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May 24, 2005

POSTCARD FROM THE SLOPE_Loud

Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn senses an "citizens uprising," as Brooklynites are speaking up for "livable cities" and their beloved borough.

Brooklyn is having a moment the likes of which I haven't seen since I moved here in 1991. All of a sudden it's the it-borough: Manhattan is expanding eastward and the land grab of 2005 is a veritible gold rush.

This is fighting the good fight Brooklyn style. And like Brooklyn, it's smart and scrappy, down to earth, spunky and ambitious. It's gotta be. Development on this scale represents big money, big politics, big corporations, and in some cases, big bad guys

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Posted by lumi at May 24, 2005 10:32 PM