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January 1, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
The Gowanus Lounge, GL's Best & Worst of Brooklyn 2007
Ratnerville ranked two mentions in GoLo's year-end wrap:
Community Groups of the Year
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3) DDDB. The model of long-term commitment to a cause they have created will be followed by groups in the future.The Nevermind Award
The Department of Transportation's short lived one-way proposal for streets in Park Slope. Didn't go over too well.
Joseph Sitt beat out Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner for Developer of the Year because, unlike Ratner, Sitt managed to alienate, like, everyone.
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn, ROCKY SULLIVAN'S PUB QUIZ
Just about every week I get an email about Rocky Sullivan's Thursday Night Quiz. This email was really long and fun (and with a great photo) so I decided to include it here. In February they're doing an event called Quiz Don't Destroy, an entire evening dedicated to the battle over Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project. Pit your knowledge against teams from local newspapers, bloggers and community groups. Watch out if Norm Oder of Atlantic Yards Report is there -- he knows everything.
NoLandGrab: Quiz Don't Destroy is actually January 17th.
Gawker, What Happened To New York: A History Of The 00's So Far
From September, 2005:
The low-income housing and office jobs disappeared from the Forest City Ratner plan for Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards.
NoLandGrab: The prediction for most of the office jobs "disappeared" and the ratio of affordable to market-rate housing changed fairly dramatically, though the numbers of "low-income" units did not actually change.
Brit in Brooklyn, A Year at the Yards
Adrian Kinloch was one of the photographers featured in NoLandGrab's Year in Pics.
There's a great pictoral roundup of events surrounding the Atlantic Yards project over at No Land Grab today. It features photography from Amy Greer, Jonathan Barkey, Nathaniel Kensinger, Tracy Collins, and yours truly.
Curbed.com, Curbed Awards '07 Neighborhoods III: There Goes The...
Biggest Neighborhood Controversies of the Year
3) Atlantic Yards. As buildings fall, the opposition battles on. We're talking about the Nets season, of course.
Posted by lumi at January 1, 2008 6:11 PM