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April 23, 2007
Group Protests Atlantic Yards Demolition
NY1
The group Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn rallied this morning outside 191 Flatbush Avenue – one of the buildings set to come down. The group says the project should not be allowed to start until the multiple lawsuits filed against the plan have been resolved.
Members are concerned about what could happen to the neighborhood if the project is scuttled, after the buildings are demolished.
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"I find it very ironic that the day after Earth Day and the day after the mayor, I think, made a magnificent speech calling for us to be the greenest city, that we're destroying buildings that have already been built, buildings that have a lot of energy in them and destroying them, in this case before the lawsuits have been settled,” said Ron Shiffman of DDDB.Developer Forest City Ratner points out that all the buildings set to come down are owned by the company, but had no comment on what will go up in place of the project should the company lose its legal battles.
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Posted by lumi at April 23, 2007 11:57 AM