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April 2, 2006
Ratner Opponents Promise to Have More Tricks Up Their Sleeves
Park Slope Courier covers the Atlantic Yards forum in Brooklyn Heights:
In an essay called “Vanishing Vistas” published in the spring 2005 issue of The Brooklynite (www.thebrooklynite.com), Morrone discusses his Jersey City theory and places the yards proposal into historical context, linking the flourishing of Fort Greene, Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill with their having passed under the radar of 1950s urban renewal measures, and having received historic district designations.“The proposals on the table, however, beg the question of whether Brooklynites’ urban success stories have taught us anything at all, or just paved the way for thoughtless mega-development,” he wrote. “Disinvestment is bad. So is over-investment. And it seems that in some parts of Brooklyn we may be going from the one to the other.”
Posted by amy at April 2, 2006 2:58 PM