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April 24, 2007
Protesters Greets Atlantic Yards-Related Demolitions
Gothamist
As planned since a judge okay'd Forest City Ratner's demolition of buildings in downtown Brooklyn, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn held a protest this morning. FCR says that they own all the buildings and therefore should be allowed to tear them down, but DDDB says one concern is that the land will remain vacant if the project doesn't happen.
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Brownstoner noticed "it didn't look like any back-hoes were waiting in the wings, so perhaps the buildings will live another day." Perhaps, given that FCR needs to deal with many lawsuits about the project.
NoLandGrab: If Brownstoner had stayed around to walk the footprint, he would have noticed these workers and the backhoe nearly a half mile away. Yup, the Atlantic Yards footprint is so large that while protesters were on Flatbush, Ratner quietly started demolition work on the other side.
Posted by lumi at April 24, 2007 9:31 AM