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September 4, 2007
Let Brooklyn be Brooklyn
amNY, Letter to the Editor
A local resident's reaction to the taking via eminent domain of the Duffield St. houses also sums up some of the sentiments about Brooklyn's biggest overdevelopment, Atlantic Yards:
Re 'Railroaded' (Aug. 27): So developers want to tear down an historic Brooklyn house with possible ties to the Underground Railroad. And in its place, they will create Willoughby Square, which is being alternately described as Brooklyn¹s own version of Bryant Park, the Time Warner Center, and/or Rockefeller Center ('Last Stop for Slave History?').
Here's a radical thought: Why don't we let Brooklyn be Brooklyn? Many of us live there for the simple fact that it is not Manhattan. We don't need to recreate midtown in a borough that already has its own rich history.
— Andy Buck, Flatbush
Posted by lumi at September 4, 2007 7:10 AM