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August 27, 2005

Ratner arena foes pack Freddy’s Bar amid word of ‘NewsHour’ interview

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From the Brooklyn Papers:

Not that the regulars of Freddy’s Bar and Backroom in Prospect Heights needed an excuse to stop by the watering hole on Aug. 23, but a call for action, in the form of a mass e-mail, packed the bar more than usual for an early Tuesday evening.

The e-mail, which was subsequently picked up by various neighborhood newsgroups and Web logs, called for the troops to turn out and voice their opposition to developer Bruce Ratner’s proposed Atlantic Yards arena, housing and office skyscraper project for a national television program expected “at 6:00-ish 6:30-ish, to investigate the impact of the Ratner curse.”

The segment is expected to air on PBS in two to three weeks.

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Posted by amy at August 27, 2005 10:22 AM