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April 5, 2006
NEW ENCLOSURES: Downtown Brooklyn Ride
Date: Sunday, April 9th, 2006
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Fulton Ferry
Summary: A bike ride tour to explore & expose the current redevelopment of Downtown Brooklyn.
NEW ENCLOSURES: DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN.
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Metrotech, Downtown Brooklyn Rezoning, BAM
Cultural District, Atlantic Malls, Atlantic Yards:
The current narrative for downtown Brooklyn is relentlessly upbeat: Brooklyn is booming in an unparalleled renaissance.
Is there another side of the story? This ride will explore some of these mega-projects and probe their less heralded impacts: privatized open space, demapped public streets, gentrification, business improvement districts, surveillance cameras, eminent domain, astroturf lobbying, private security forces, the war on vendors.
Is Brooklyn becoming a privatized zone for high-income consumption? Where do YOU fit in?
TIME'S UP! is a grassroots environmental group that uses educational outreach and direct action to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city.
Posted by lumi at April 5, 2006 10:44 PM