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April 19, 2007
Atlantic Yards Dissidents Dissent!
The Real Estate Observer
After a rocky start, the two coalitions fighting the Atlantic Yards development, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn and BrooklynSpeaks, begrudgingly accepted the other one's existence, like a cat and a dog sharing the same house. That was, until the mild-mannered BrooklynSpeaks coalition announced plans to protest demolitions at the site, and a couple of litigious folks wrote in:
"Why aren't you people joining law suits and where have YOU all been the last 3 years? Your rally now, though cute, is too little too late!!!!!"
"When is Brooklyn Speaks going to go to court to legally stop the demolitions on all phases of the project? Or just rally to stop the demolitions on phase 2 and remain silent on the demolitions on phase 1, where the majority of the announced demolitions are set to take place?"
Note: The dissident commentary wasn't us. We reserve five(!) exclamation points for something big!!!
From Jasper Goldman of Brooklyn Speaks:
"Our goal was to change the project substantially and not necessarily just to stop it," Mr. Goldman said. "There is some grounds for optimism given the fact that there is a new Governor who has taken a different approach."
From Dan Goldstein of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn:
"We feel that there has been no forum for legitimate political and community input in this process," he said, "and when that happens, and we feel laws have been broken, then the courts are an appropriate place to address it."
So who is winning?
Posted by lumi at April 19, 2007 8:35 AM