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August 21, 2006
It came from the Blogosphere...
A few posts from fresh faces indicate that the conversation on Atlantic Yards is becoming more widespread.
"A Perigrination" Build the Arena
There are many in the sports media that are looking forward to the jobs that will be created and the transportation hub of the subway and LIRR will fill the arena and the shops and restaurants.
Brooklyn is on fire right now and needs this project. Should the displaced people be compensated, yes and the smart ones took the money and bought homes, in Brooklyn.
This election, please only vote for candidates that support the arena.
NoLandGrab: Of the 2,500 jobs the project would bring to the arena, most of them would be relocated existing jobs. Maybe the sports media can chew on that fact for awhile.
Times in NY, Pictures of the Atlantic Yards plan
BoyGabe from the nabe has assembled a couple before-and-after pics on his blog that have previously appeared on the usual suspects. It's not that hard to figure out which images are "after."
VIEWS FROM THE BRIDGE, Ratner Nefaria
The newbie blogger of the group is Steven Hart, who appeared regularly on NoStadium (a predecessor to NoLandGrab) and has been a stong voice from the left against the project from the start. Hart makes several points along the way toward explaining how Atlantic Yards is not the problem, merely the symptom, of a system in which both political parties have failed our society.
It's NOT eminent domain that is wrong. We need that to conduct society. What is wrong is its use for something between a landgrab, a boondoggle and tax evasion, all of which we have here being presented with a boyish grin of self-satisfaction by the perpetrators.
NY Protest Calendar, 8/23 WED: Victory / Ratzilla Ride
The Still We Ride Ride on Wednesday August 23rd is now being referred to as the Victory Ride. Meet at Union Square South at 5pm this Wednesday. Ride to the Brooklyn hearing on Ratnerville/Atlantic Yards.
Posted by lumi at August 21, 2006 10:29 AM