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April 1, 2007

Courier Life: Brooklyn Through Ratner-Colored Glasses

Courier Life Publications takes great care to let you know they support Atlantic Yards by confusing the entire project with just the 10% part of it that involves an arena.

Discover the entire length and breadth of your borough, just by taking a walk
In a listing of a tour presented by the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment (BCUE):

April 15 from 1-3 p.m., there is A Meet and Greet Tour of Fort Greene. Long before there was a Central Park or a Prospect Park, there was Fort Greene Park (the vision of Walt Whitman). The area around the park is a neighborhood in stark contrast: a house that goes back to 1812, a church that was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and the proposed new Atlantic Yards Stadium.

(see, BCUE's own listing shows understanding that Atlantic Yards isn't merely a stadium:

Long before there was a Central Park or a Prospect Park, there was Fort Greene Park (the brainchild of Walt Whitman). We’ll see a house that dates back to 1812, a church that was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and the site for the proposed Atlantic Yards Project. No other Brooklyn community can claim writers, musicians, designers, film makers and visual artists with such a rich and varied history. Visit an artist studio and the MOCADA museum, the historic district surrounding the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and end at Dekalb Avenue’s Restaurant.

Posted by steve at April 1, 2007 7:05 AM