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December 13, 2007
City Living: Yonkers
Bruce Ratner's other controversial megaproject, Ridge Hill, makes "THE BUZZ" in a multi-page article about Yonkers in today's amNY:
One big controversy in Yonkers at the moment is the Ridge Hill development, which is being built near the Greenburgh border, between the Sprain Brook Parkway and the New York State Thruway. The developer is Forest City Ratner, the company behind the contentious Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. Forest City Ratner broke ground on Nov. 28 at the 81.4-acre Ridge Hill site, which will includes 1,000 apartments, a Whole Foods, a Banana Republic and an L.L. Bean, among other retail stores, entertainment facilities and restaurants. Some Yonkers residents think it'll bring sorely needed jobs and draw more visitors to the area, but it has faced strong opposition, particularly from neighbors worried about traffic congestion and small businesses worried about survival.
NoLandGrab: As part of our continuous examination of adjectives used by others to describe our favorite megaproject, note that amNY called it "the contentious Atlantic Yards project."
Posted by lumi at December 13, 2007 5:40 AM