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November 3, 2007
Fool of a luvie!
Gumby Fresh watches Brooklyn 2012 on the NY Post website, a video produced by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, narrated by Ian McKellen.
I won't dwell for too long on Mr. McKellen's reference to the Atlantic Yards imbroglio, since it was rushed and fleeting, reminiscent of the way Jeremy Irons delivered some of his sillier lines in Die Hard With A Vengeance. He sounded, to be honest, rather subdued, although the boosters at the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership no doubt are pretty pleased with themselves. Marty Markowitz, whose very raison de'etre is to facilitate such inane audio-visual puffery, is probably still curled up and quivering in post-coital delight. Unless he neglected to get his picture taken with Gandalf during McKellen's visit, in which case he's probably weeping and cuddling the comfort blanket Bruce Ratner gave him.
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NoLandGrab: The video is an interesting piece - watch homes and businesses be crushed silently by skyscrapers! Learn how Brooklyn is nothing but "a college town!" Those of you who thought Brooklyn was the borough of churches are wrong, so wrong. Just ask the fancy talking bloke from the UK!
Posted by amy at November 3, 2007 7:43 AM