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December 30, 2006
From green to grim
Courier-Life
David Chiu
The Atlantic Yards development will cast shadows over a longtime community garden, a state report has found, confirming fears of local residents concerned their oasis will lose sunlight.“It will change forever how we are able to garden here,” said Jon Crow, coordinator of the Brooklyn Bears Pacific Street Community Garden since 1985, and an opponent to the development.
Two of the planned buildings at the center of the $4.2 billion Nets arena complex — the so-called Miss Brooklyn tower and a 247-foot structure — will cast shadows across the garden in the morning, the final environmental report by the Empire State Development Corporation found.
Shadows will loom from 20 minutes in the winter to up to four hours in the summer, the report said, cutting off vital sunlight for the garden’s vegetables, trees and flowers, volunteers contend.
Posted by amy at December 30, 2006 11:45 AM