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August 23, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
Gothamist, Kent Barwick, Municipal Art Society
In an interview with Gothamist, Kent Barwick, the outgoing President of the Municipal Art Society, pays a backhanded compliment to Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards plan:
...the Atlantic Yards project is a good example of how not to involve the public.
Gotham Gazette, Just A Bump in the Road for Columbia?
In its review of the latest news of Columbia University's West Harlem land grab, Gotham Gazette cites Norman Oder's analysis of Richard Lipsky's positions for and against eminent domain:
But Lipsky rubs the Atlantic Yards Report’s Norman Oder the wrong way. Lipsky was also a lobbyist in the Atlantic Yards scuffle, but was on the developer’s side in that case. Now that he is on the side of community opposition, he is arguing points that he disputed in the earlier rezoning debate, Oder says.
Queens Crap, Keep your Queens Crap rat-free
Will Queens remain a Rat-free zone?
From the Queens Courier, via "Crappy":
“Trash stays in and rodents stay out,” according to Queens businessperson Joseph (Dee) Dussich, inventor of the Repel-X Bag.
“These bags are made to repel rats and keep them from going through your garbage,” said Dussich, President of JAD Corporation of America, his Jackson Heights firm that wholesales maintenance supplies.
Posted by lumi at August 23, 2007 11:19 AM