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May 19, 2007
We're Focused on the Big Picture, Not the Bagel Hole
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn saved some of their red ink for The Brooklyn Paper's article about the new bagel shop, Arena Bagels:
In the article Mr. Aggarwal admits that he knew basically nothing about the "Atlantic Yards" project and did not know the sentiment of the neighboring communities. He meant no harm, and once he did hear enough complaints he decided to change the name.That's the story.
But the article states that the "Atlantic Yards" opposition "planned to protest outside Aggarwal's store if it remained 'Arena Bagels.'"
To be clear, DDDB did not organize (or threaten to organize) any "protest" aginst Mr. Aggarwal's shop. Any concern or anger expressed towards the shop's namesake was spontaneously brought by individuals.
While having absolutely no position on Arena Bagels, we understand that people were turned off by the name, and might have complained about the arena and associated megadevelopment tie-in—a development that is a bad deal for Brooklyn.
Posted by amy at May 19, 2007 9:35 AM