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July 17, 2006
Ratner protest attracts thousands
The Brooklyn Papers, online exclusive
Reporter Ariella Cohen covers the rally "from the elected to the absurd," speaking to longtime supporters of the movement and recent converts:
Close to 2,000 people got all hot and bothered Sunday to protest Bruce Ratner’s plan to build 16 skyscrapers and a 19,000-seat basketball arena in Prospect Heights — the largest opposition rally since Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal was unveiled three years ago.
The protestors, toting bicycles, dogs, babies in stylish papooses and the ominous, skyscraper-emblazoned signs furnished by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, crowded around a makeshift stage at Grand Army Plaza and cheered Atlantic Yards foes ranging from the elected to the absurd.
Posted by lumi at July 17, 2006 9:18 PM