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July 2, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
Here's what independent voices are saying on the Net about the Atlantic Yards financials, the special Ratner-only exception in the 421-a reform bill, and more...
Daily Gotham, Crony Capitalism Comes to Brooklyn
For your summertime reading enjoyment, "Mole333" republishes an item about "crony capitalism" and suggests you add Marty and Vito to the mix.
Brownstoner, New Docs Suggest AY Project Riskier Than Thought
Brooklyn's real estate blog's take on the release of the project financials:
Bottom line: Ratner's counting on a continued rising market to bail him out. Regardless of the optimism built into the model, the biggest thing that comes out of the article is that any forecasts for a project this large that occurs over this long a time period have to be taken with a huge grain of salt.
Queens Crap, Lawsuit exposes AY plan on eggshells
Looks like someone's been 'gilding the lily' just a bit.
Not another f*cking blog, Brooklyn Matters
Brooklyn Matters (http://www.brooklynmatters.com) is a great documentary that lays out the reasons why the proposed Atlantic Yards development is bad for Brooklyn.
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I don't know why it's taken me so long to post about it on this blog, but i guess better late than never.if you can, buy the DVD and support the cause.
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn, RESPONSE TO TIMES' ATLANTIC YARD ARTICLE
No Land Grab, the essential Internet portal to all Atlantic Yards information, articles, and press has an assortment of responses to Sunday's New York Times piece. Thanks to Amy over there for putting it all together.
NLG: Confusion over who's posting what has finally prompted us to take the time to figure out how to add the authors' IDs to the homepage entries (hey, we're bloggers, not tech geeks!). Previously, authors were only identified at the stand-alone pages (linked through "permalink"), "categories" and "archives."
BTW: This entry was posted by "lumi."
Posted by lumi at July 2, 2007 10:49 AM