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November 10, 2006
Expert Panel Tries to Forecast Building Boom’s Effect On the Slope
Courier-Life covers the Cobble Hill Association’s special development forum, featuring some very harsh criticism of the Atlantic Yards proposal:
[New York Magazine contributing editor Christopher] Smith called it “a failing of capitalist democracy that developers have a big advantage over communities.”Community Board 6 member Jeff Strabone, however, said that the state process which has cleared the way for the Atlantic Yards project was neither capitalism nor democratic.
“It’s more like Soviet state planning,” he said. “As long as the state avenue is open, we’re going to keep having this discussion.”
Posted by amy at November 10, 2006 11:29 PM