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May 6, 2006
"Harlem Today" Fake Ratner Publication
BrooklynVsBush looks at the quality publication, Harlem Today, brought to you by the letters F, C, and R?:
You won't see the skyscrapers or their victims in this fake publication. What you will see is a magazine designed to get black people in HARLEM on the side of the man who doesn't want to let the black people of BROOKLYN into his shopping mall.(ed's note: That's not entirely true: Ft. Green residents CAN walk around the entire mall and will be let in. It's only 3 or 4 long city blocks to get to the side with the entrance. So the younger people can walk the extra quarter mile just fine. It appears he's only trying to keep the older black people out. Especially the ones in walkers.)
NoLandGrab: Somehow it does not seem likely that Ratner considers the "Favorite Fact" on page 1 to be one of his favorites: "1. The arena project has not received all environmental approvals, and the state and the city still need to approve $200 million in financing to improve roads and utilities near the arena." Favorite Fact interpretation: So far this project proposal exists only in Ratner's mind!
Posted by amy at May 6, 2006 3:24 PM