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October 28, 2005
Beep's downsize call
NY Daily News
by Hugh Son
Markowitz told the Daily News that benefits from the $3.5 billion project such as jobs, affordable housing and park space should be preserved while building heights are reduced.
"The urban design challenge is how do we [preserve] the benefits and downscale the heights of the buildings proposed," Markowitz said.
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"I'm confident that there will be modification in the original proposal," Markowitz said yesterday. "There has to be - there will be."
The TimesRatnerReport makes an interesting point.
* The project has been ENLARGED since it was originally announced in Dec., 2003.
* Downsizing of the current plan by 10% would NOT even get the project back to its original size.
NoLandGrab: There's no mention of downscaling the use of eminent domain and no specific proposal.
Does anyone think that this is just a publicity stunt, engineered by Ratner's PR team, to give cover to politicians like Marty and Yassky who can claim a "win-win" for the community without hardly lifting a finger?
Posted by lumi at October 28, 2005 8:30 AM