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March 21, 2007
Brownstoner: It’s Me!
He quit his Wall Street gig to blog on Brooklyn real estate; now, the Brownstoner reveals his secret identity: Jonathan Butler
The NY Observer
By Tom Acitelli
And how does the recently unmasked blogger feel about Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards plan?
So, for Atlantic Yards, for instance, forget the density, which Mr. Butler believes largely takes a backseat to the sheer aesthetic blight the project might loose upon central Brooklyn.
“My concern is more aesthetic, in that I can’t think of a single example where you have one developer making such a large imprint in an area—especially when you have only one architect,” he said. “I don’t think it’s going to engage the existing surrounding communities very well.”
Should Forest City Ratner—the Atlantic Yards’ developer—shudder? Is being on the bad side of a Brownstoner now unencumbered by a day job dangerous?
Posted by lumi at March 21, 2007 8:26 AM