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April 2, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
The Gowanus Lounge, Atlantic Yards is Dead: Sitt Announces Barclays Cone in Coney
Do you really expect us to believe that Atlantic Yards is dead; the Revere dome is being redesigned by Gehry and replacing the Parachute Jump, which is being moved to the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic; and Coney Island will soon be festooned by a floating trailer park called Danny Town?
EVANKESSLER.COM, Life In The Fast Lane
As the afternoon drew to a close I was not quite sure what the evening held. I contacted my friend Morwin to see what he was up to and it turned out that he was headed to the slope for a film called Brooklyn Matters about the problematic Atlantic Yards project that's pretty much going to ruin Brooklyn in order to put up monstrous high rent apartment buildings and bring the New Jersey Nets so people can watch Basketball after they get kicked out of their homes. I decided I would meet him at the screening at a church on 6th avenue.
It was fascinating to see all of the corruption that Forest City Ratner was involved in order to get this project through as well as the spin they used to mislead and divide the public on the issue.
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space, More about Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn
"A historic preservation and urban revitalization advocate and consultant in Washington, DC" shares a few links regarding Atlantic Yards, including "Brooklyn Matters."
It turns out that a new film on the organizing around and against the project, Brooklyn Matters, shows some of the depth and nuance of the opposition.
Serf City, Libertarian Lions
Some Columbia alums and fellow Libertarians are p.o.’d that their alma mater is attempting a land grab...
Not bad for a bunch of Lions. Of course, all the really cool Libertarians went to NYU (Julian Sanchez, Chris Sciabarra and yours truly, to name a few.)
Upcoming.org, Atlantic Yards rally against building demolitions
When
Sunday, April 15, 2007
2:00 PMWhere
Pacific Street between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues
brooklyn, New York 11217
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn, DANIEL MEETER: GOD TO RATNER: DON'T BUILD SO BIG
This week's Brooklyn Paper is chock full of articles about religion in the borough of kings. I especailly enjoyed Gersh Kuntzman's piece, GOD TO RATNER: DON'T BUILD SO BIG, highlighting Pastor Daniel Meeter's thoughts on the Atlantic Yards. Check it out
Nets Daily, Stefanski Remains Optimistic Despite Setbacks
[Nets General Manager Ed] Stefanski said that owner Bruce Ratner has given he and Rod Thorn permission to “go over the luxury tax” to sign Carter and other players next season.
So Ratner will pay whatever he must to keep Vince Carter in a Nets' jersey, but saving and adaptively reusing the Ward Bakery building is too costly?
Posted by lumi at April 2, 2007 10:04 AM