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July 14, 2006
Former City Planner To Oppose Stadium Project
Says Proposal Would Make Yards The Nation’s Densest Community
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
By Elizabeth Stull
An article on the latest additions to Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's Advisory Board features former New York City Planning Commissioner Ron Shiffman's concerns about density and flawed urban design:
Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn said yesterday that singer Toshi Reagan, authors Rick Moody, Myla Goldberg and Philip Gourevitch, architect Chris Doyle, actor Michael Showalter and playwright Lynn Nottage, as well as former planner Ron Shiffman, are joining its 41-member board.
“After participating in a planning charette sponsored by City Council Member Letitia James in 2004,” Shiffman “decided not to speak out on the issue in part because I believed that the inclusionary housing component was an important victory and believing that a more rational plan would eventually emerge.” Calling the development process “fundamentally flawed,” he argued that current plans “would scar the borough for decades to come.”
Posted by lumi at July 14, 2006 10:43 PM