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September 17, 2006
Instant gentrification at AY? The numbers are stark
Atlantic Yards Report:
84% of the 6860 proposed units would go to households that earn more than the neighborhood's median income. Now the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods has prepared a handy chart, as part of a slideshow about the project's environmental impacts. The chart compares the household income distribution in the AY plan with that in the 3/4-mile area around it, and the contrasts are striking.
Posted by amy at September 17, 2006 10:31 AM