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April 24, 2007
Atlantic Yards Demolition Begins
MyFox.com ran the Associated Press story with this image of ACORN demonstrators outside last August's public hearing.
The caption mistakenly identifies the "Vanderbilt Railyards as the "Atlantic Railyards." "Atlantic Yards" is Bruce Ratner's name for the entire development, a third of which includes the railyards. The rest of the land is comprised of private property and city streets.
Crews are expected to start tearing down nine buildings in Brooklyn today to make way for the massive Atlantic Yards project, and some opponents of the project are planning a protest.
There is nothing in the article or caption that would lead the reader to believe that the ACORN demonstration wasn't recent or has nothing to do with the opposition protest.
Posted by lumi at April 24, 2007 8:42 AM