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August 24, 2007
Marty’s varying views
The Brooklyn Paper
We were gonna say that Marty's stand against overdevelopment, in light of his support of the Atlantic Yards mega-project, is LAUGHABLE, but Brooklyn Paper beat us to it:
The developer who is bringing Trader Joe’s to Court Street wants to build a six-story annex to that store on a parking lot on Atlantic Avenue that is only zoned for a five-story building.
That single extra story — 10 feet! — drew the ire of Borough President Markowitz last week when the Beep recommended that the city deny the developer, Two Trees Management, a variance to build a little higher.
Yes, this is the same Marty Markowitz who continues to cheer the Atlantic Yards project, a massive, 16-tower, highly subsidized mega-development that would overshadow thriving neighborhoods all around it, create life-draining “superblocks,” suck up taxpaper resources, congest local streets and use the state’s power of eminent domain to evict residents so their land can be turned over to a private developer — in this case, his friend, Bruce Ratner.
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It is no secret that this page has frequently clashed with Markowitz over his support for the [Atlantic Yards] project, which remains his greatest error in judgment since he took office.But his attempt to now present himself as a foe of overdevelopment because he opposes a 60-foot building in a 50-foot zone is laughable.
Posted by lumi at August 24, 2007 9:15 AM