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September 13, 2007
ESDC, Ratner Keeping Neighbors Informed
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Despite the ESDC's failure to accede to our repeated formal requests to be added to the distribution list for the "Atlantic Yards Construction Update," frequent and repeated mistakes and errors within the updates, and our favorite pr contrivance ("the Atlantic Yards Community"), the ESDC and Ratner wants Brooklynites to know that they are keeping the community informed about the work in progress in the footprint of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards megaproject:
Emergency demolition work on the parapets at the former Ward’s Bakery building, at 800 Pacific St. in Prospect Heights, has been completed, according to a construction update issued by the Empire State Development Corp. (EDSC) on Monday.
The update is one the EDSC and Forest City Ratner Companies are now providing weekly to residents and businesses in the area of the Atlantic Yards development about anticipated construction work.
“It is part of an ongoing effort to keep the community informed about the status of construction activities,” said Harlan Pruden, project associate for the EDSC in Manhattan.
NoLandGrab: The "Atlantic Yards Construction Updates" have been issued bi-weekly, not weekly as the article states. The latest update only covers the week of September 10-17, a sign that the updates might be issued more frequently.
There was nothing in the update about last week's stop-work order or resumption of work on the eastern portion of the footprint.
Posted by lumi at September 13, 2007 10:18 AM