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May 6, 2007
Ratner’s plan isn’t the only way to go with Atlantic Yards
Courier-Life
By Joe Maniscalco
Forest City Ratner’s costly Atlantic Yards plan is a lousy deal for Brooklyn, say participants of a day-long community planning workshop held last weekend at the United Methodist Church on St. Felix Street.“It’s very expensive, too dense and too out of scale and context to the rest of the neighborhood,” event coordinator Tom Angotti said. “I think people should be looking at alternatives because there are better alternatives.”
Nearby Boerum Hill resident Heloise Gruneberg sat at the Transportation table – one of six planning groups examining areas of concern to the community and talked about the “boondoggle” she feels officials and Forest City Ratner has perpetrated on the neighborhood.
“This is an effort to get the community’s voice in the big picture,” she said. “We’ve been danced around by the politicians. This developer has been able to get away with crimes and misdemeanors as far as I’m concerned.”
Posted by amy at May 6, 2007 11:54 AM