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February 10, 2006
Memory and the Atlantic Yards
The Brooklyn Rail
Brian Carreira considers the state of myth and memory, as he ponders the latest developments in the Atlantic Yards fight.
The myth of Bruce Ratner and the Atlantic Yards, sometimes hokey or just plain ridiculous, is slowly beginning to eclipse events as they have transpired and are likely to unfold. The actual potential for jobs continues to evaporate and the affordable housing is being relocated to other parts of the borough, but the project, its supporters, and its sound bytes live on. It is a willful attempt to reinvent the situation through sheer velocity of money and influence, relying on a preoccupied public to recall the myth as opposed to the shifting plateau of fact.
Posted by lumi at February 10, 2006 8:46 AM