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December 5, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
MotherSister Brooklyn, A MotherSister Minute: Letitia James
As utterly disenchanted as I’ve become with national politics, I am more engaged with my local representatives, and I’ve been particularly impressed with Tish James, who has been on the front lines of community issues large (such as the Atlantic Yards development) and relatively small (saving the Broken Angel’s owners from eviction).
Gothamist, 7 Line Gets Hudson Yards, But Forget Hell's Kitchen
And yesterday, the five developers bidding on the Hudson Yards took their projects to the public last night by having designer present the plans. Reactions ranged from "meh" to "interesting" to "horrifying", but Atlantic Yards Report's Norman Oder points out that at least there's a public process for the West Side rail yards, unlike the Atlantic Yards.
Curbed.com, Yardsmania: Huge Crowd Packs Cooper Union
Atlantic Yards Report's Norman Oder was at Cooper Union last night for the public presentation of the Yards proposals by the competing developers, and he says that the Great Hall was standing room only. Over one thousand people lined up to hear landscape architects talk? Yardsmania!
The Political News You Need to Know, Brooklyn’s Neverending Story: The Debate over Atlantic Yards Continues with Concerns Over Security
A reblog of our reblog on Nets Fan in NY's defense of the lack of a third-party security analysis for Atlantic Yards.
Posted by lumi at December 5, 2007 4:25 AM