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June 1, 2007
Yes, in my backyard
Atlantic Yards is one plan that will boost jobs & housing downtown
NY Daily News
By Errol Louis
Louis gets his pot shot in at Atlantic Yards opponents and then waxes poetic about the Downtown Brooklyn plan:
Almost lost in all the hoopla over Atlantic Yards - the junk lawsuits, futile protests and other antics of the project's publicity-hungry opponents - is the fact that an even larger, more dramatic cluster of homes, office towers and hotels is already rising a mile away, in downtown Brooklyn.
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The explosion of new development, set off by a sweeping rezoning approved by the City Council years ago, will alarm those who'd like to freeze the area's rent, income, building heights, shopping choices and quality of life where they are right now.But those seeking more for themselves, their families and their neighbors should view the coming boom as a shot at jobs, housing and business opportunity.
Louis continues by listing projects he deems beneficial, but misses an important point: the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership was created to get the Downtown Brooklyn Plan back on track, since "the commercial expansion that was envisioned has not happened." (See, NY Sun, October, 2004, Partnership Working To Revitalize Downtown Brooklyn")
Posted by lumi at June 1, 2007 10:38 AM