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December 1, 2006
ACORN past president on AY: (white) AMBIENCE vs. (black) SURVIVAL
Atlantic Yards
Norman Oder contrasts the oral and written comments to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement of former NY ACORN president Gloria Waldron.
The main point of Waldron's written statement is that "white people with a few token blacks" are against the project due to concerns about "Ambience," while for "the all black with a token white contingency," Atlantic Yards is a matter of "Survival." Waldron was more politic in her oral testimony in support of the tradeoff of extreme density for increased affordable housing for Atlantic Yards, a project where the putative bottom line for the developer is a cool billion bucks.
Posted by lumi at December 1, 2006 8:20 AM