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March 8, 2007
Park Slope Consults Its Inner Oracle
Brooklyn Downtown Star
By Darius VanSluytman
Amid a rash of new developments, increasing rents, and Mayor Bloomberg's estimate that one million new residents will arrive in the city by 2030, Park Slope residents pondered the future of their beloved neighborhood last week. The Park Slope Civic Council held a forum on Thursday called "Where Goes the Neighborhood?"
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Facing a new era of development, with Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project becoming the most dramatic harbinger of such changes, the next steps for concerned residents seem a daunting task."It is not too late if we can stay informed, and simply get the public to respond," [Stuart] Pertz suggested with a healthy dose of optimism.
NoLandGrab: The Star reporter didn't go into detail about the panelists' responses to a question on Atlantic Yards, when their fiery enthusiam to continue the fight soon melted down to a sense of resignation, leaving audience members scratching their heads.
Posted by lumi at March 8, 2007 8:32 AM