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September 7, 2006
Atlantic Yards: When is a Reduction Not a Reduction?
Gowanus Loungue
After yesterday's headline about a possible shrinkage of 6-8 percent in the massive Atlantic Yards project, coverage has gotten around to noting that the reduction would still leave the development at about the same size at which it originally stood.
To paraphrase your Brooklyn grandmother: That's a reduction?
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Never mind the alleged 60+ percent "support" for Atlantic Yards in that recent Crain's poll, every public official in New York that backs the project must have breathed a deep sigh of relief when they saw the poll that found that 78 percent of people aren't paying attention to the project or to the controversy. The 20 percent that are following its trials and tribulations are the ones jumping up and down because of smoke and mirrors games like this latest "reduction."
Posted by lumi at September 7, 2006 7:43 AM