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June 27, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
Velvet Sea, Another Perspective on Atlantic Yards
Photographic evidence that Prospect Heights is NOT in Downtown Brooklyn.
Photos of the Brooklyn skyline taken from Williamsburgh provides additional perspective on Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards plan.
As you can see below, the [Williamsburgh Savings Bank] tower is a bit of a distance away from the downtown Brooklyn business core of highrises, seen just beyond the Williamsburg Bridge on the right hand side in this shot.
The Knickerblogger, ESDC Math= Adding 16000 residents and an arena won't affect subway capacity
...of course, as with everything else in Bruce Ratner's corrupt fantasy world, the reality is another story (four of the over crowded lines mentioned stop at Atlantic Avenue:
ANTI-EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE ACTION
News of this afternoon's anti-eminent domain abuse demonstration and press conference at City Hall is spreading over the internet:
LOHO 10002, Important Events This Week
Wednesday, June 27, 1 pm
Steps of City Hall
Anti-displacement groups throughout the city join to protest eminent domain abuse, marking the second-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision which allowed cities to use eminent domain to evict residents and destroy their homes to benefit a private development. Demonstration organized by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, the neighborhood group opposing Ratner’s Atlantic Yards development plan.
Brit in Brooklyn, Big Eminent Domain Rally at City Hall, Wednesday.
Historic Districts Council Newsstand, A Rally, a Letter and a Lecture - all to help save Brooklyn
News of the anti-eminent domain rally, a letter-writing campaign to Governor Spitzer and a lecture on PlaNYC in Brooklyn.
Posted by lumi at June 27, 2007 6:35 AM