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January 13, 2007
Land use watchdogs bark, but don’t bite - Frustration on Community Board 2 as developers carry the day over objections
Courier-Life covers Community Board 2's unsuccessful year - having their recommendations overturned left and right by various 'commissions' and 'corporations':
First, the Purchase Building, a landmark structure on the waterfront of Fulton Ferry, was torn down.Despite the committee’s unanimous recommendation for the preservation of the 1936 structure, a relic of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the demolition.
The committee’s appeal to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation to integrate the structure into the existing plans for a new park was ignored.
Then, in August, the board was snubbed by Forest City Ratner, who gave only two months to review a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Atlantic Yards development. The land use committee, which in the past advocated withdrawal from any negotiations with Forest City, was also visited by its vice president, Jim Stuckey, for an unsuccessful public hearing to discuss the community’s concerns.
Posted by amy at January 13, 2007 2:03 PM