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January 2, 2006

Brooklyn wildlife

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From Flickr:

These were made in response to the proposed Nets arena; a lot of the discussion in support of using eminent domain to seize property and make room for the stadium centered around the idea that the area was "blighted". The plants depicted all grow in the area: the idea was [to] show the natural beauty of the area and challenge the idea of a neighborhood being blighted and expendable.

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Posted by amy at January 2, 2006 10:06 AM