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June 15, 2006
Brooklyn Brewery Beer: A Neighborhood-Friendly Brew?
Here's one we missed from Monday — Gowanus Lounge asks:
Does it matter if Brooklyn Brewery suds is the brew that anti-Atlantic Yards, anti-McCarren Pool concerts Brooklynites love to hate? Since the brewery is clearly cutting deals that will help it sell as much beer as possible and since marketing is about raising visibility, does controversy oddly play into Brooklyn Brewery's hands?
NoLandGrab: Add another kicker against the community — Brooklyn Brewery's Steve Hindy is a supporter of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. Though you'd never know it from the name, The Conservancy is the group that wants to build condo towers in the waterfront park to make it "self-sustaining."
Someone should ask Hindy why the Brooklyn Bridge Park must be self-sustaining (it's a park for heaven's sake!), while it's perfectly fine that Ratner's $3.5-billion arena/high-rise project receives over a billion bucks in taxpayer funding.
Posted by lumi at June 15, 2006 6:44 AM