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January 22, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
Daily Gotham, VOTE People and Norm Siegel fight Harlem Rezoning this Thursday
As with Atlantic Yards, the Harlem development plan will displace lower and middle income families, driving them from the center of NYC and replacing them largely with luxury high rises.
VOTE People is a community organization that, in its own words:
...works to manifest the needs and intent of the people of communities in which policy and legal reform is proposed, through a holistic approach including legal and political advocacy and social and cultural movements.
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They are teaming up with civil rights attorney and former executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union (and candidate for Public Advocate) Norman Siegel to fight the Harlem rezoning. You can think of it, perhaps, as "Develop, Don't Destroy Harlem..."
HousingAndDevelopment.com, Brooklyn Housing Activists Rebuffed
An organization battling developers over plans for Atlantic Yards along the East River in Brooklyn is dealt a defeat...
NoLandGrab: There's another Atlantic Yards "along the East River?" This thing is bigger than we thought.
For those of you who haven't been keeping tabs on The Gowanus Lounge, who has been keeping tabs on Atlantic Yards:
Bklink: There Goes the Water
The Daily News covers water works in Ratnerville.
Bklink: Atlantic Yards Quiz Upset?
The results from last night's Atlantic Yards Quiz competition are in.... It is also believed that the competition supplied Mr. Oder with libations before the start of the competition in order to soften him up.
NoLandGrab: Mr. Oder managed to soften himself up at another event, which, thankfully, made him a really cheap date.
Upcoming: (De)Construction of the Neighborhood Photos
News of photo exhibit featuring photos by Tracy Collins, "the photographer who has been documenting the changes in the Atlantic Yards "footprint" and creating an invaluable visual record."
Did Judge Believe That Part of Prospect Heights Really Stinks?
If the truth be told, we've always felt that there were parts of the Atlantic Yards "footprint" in Prospect Heights that could have used a bit of a cleanup, particularly since the city and Forest City Ratner had been allowing conditions like dirty streets to get worse over the last couple of years....Yet, that's what the Empire State Development Corp's "blight study" said and what the Judge that ruled in the environmental review litigation accepted. Were residents living in "unsanitary and unsafe" conditions?
Posted by lumi at January 22, 2008 7:46 PM