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May 8, 2006
This week in stadia
Bruce Ratner sent Neil DeMause three pamphlets last week because he really wanted to make sure that the Field of Schemes author was paying attention to the happy Brooklynites and brownstones in "Atlantic Yards":
The latest bulk mailer to Brooklyn residents from New Jersey Nets owner Bruce Ratner - my house, incidentally, got three copies - includes a new twist on selling an arena plan to residents: In overhead renderings, the arena itself is now disguised as an open field of grass. (To see what it would actually look like from ground level, visit the fabulous onNYTurf.com.) The chairs of three local community boards, meanwhile, issued a public letter to Ratner charging that the brochure falsely implies the boards were involved in crafting his "community benefits" plan, and requesting that "you discontinue all mention, in any form, of our participation." Maybe Ratner's designers could photoshop in a field of grass instead.
Posted by lumi at May 8, 2006 7:15 AM