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February 28, 2007
Source: FCR plans to start demolition "within 6 weeks"
Atlantic Yards won't be the cause of significant construction-related impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. And if it did, the Atlantic Yards Community Liaison Office is there to assist you, right? Right??
Congratulations, you weren't born yesterday! And neither were residents of Dean St. who were stuck without water for several hours yesterday, gratis Caring Bruce.
BrooklynSpeaks.net is reporting that "A source told BrooklynSpeaks yesterday that Forest City Ratner plans to start demolitions on the Atlantic Yards site 'within 6 weeks.'"
One of the buildings slated to be demolished is the historic Ward Bakery building. Hopefully this third-stream coalition of neighborhood and civic groups will step up to the plate in a last-minute effort to save the historical building, now that the political process has yielded no results (except for Ratner).
Keeping a close eye on things, BrooklynSpeaks.net also reported the water service shut down to the neighborhood and noted:
At the same time, the Community Liaison Office has told residents that it is “too early” to release a schedule for work that is going to take place on the site.
Residents near and in the footprint are now being seriously impacted by impending demolition and construction, with no official coordinating public entity and the developer's Community Liaison Office so far inadequate.
The group warned that this Community Liaison Office stuff wasn't promising in a previous entry on the group's web site. A snarky comment follows:
More like the Convention & Visitors Bureau than 311.
Posted by lumi at February 28, 2007 6:18 AM