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May 9, 2006
The Influentials: Real Estate
The Neighborhood Changers
Building, blocking, brokering, they’re transforming the city piece by piece.
NY Magazine
(10.) PROSPECT HEIGHTS
Bruce Ratner, Forest City Ratner
When he’s finished replacing 22 acres of brownstone Brooklyn with the Atlantic Yards project, the borough will never be the same.
NoLandGrab: In the interest of fairness, the project is over 8 acres of railyards. The rest is a mixed-use commercial/residential neighborhood nestled in Brownstone Brooklyn, which would receive the brunt of the environnmental impacts from the project.
Posted by lumi at May 9, 2006 7:48 AM