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September 25, 2006
Atlantic Yards: What would Tiny Tim say?
Metro NY
By Mary Campbell Gallagher
The Ghost of Overdevelopments Past reveals himself to Mayor Bloomberg in a dream:
Surrounded by flashing yellow flames, Robert Moses crosses his fingers. Will the “public authorities” dodge fail Bloomberg on Atlantic Yards as it did on the West Side Stadium? Or will CEO Michael Bloomberg of New York City Realty and developer Bruce Ratner get to sell a traditional lowrise neighborhood, Prospect Heights, as one heckuva great new product?
In Gallagher's tale, Tiny Tim might have to dive for political cover and declare, "God seize private property for private development, every one!"
Posted by lumi at September 25, 2006 6:34 AM