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January 16, 2008
Shopping in Brooklyn: A Shot of the Suburbs
Jaunted.com
On Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Terminal Mall:
Soon, it's going to be overshadowed by the looming Atlantic Yards stadium project, but for now, the Atlantic Avenue stop in Brooklyn means just one thing: a super-shot of suburbia in the midst of the city. Rather than go through another themed entry for our last Shopping in Brooklyn post, we had to give a shout-out to our favorite capitalist hot-spot east of Manhattan.
More than just a cluster of chain stores, Atlantic Terminal Mall is like walking through a virtual yearbook highlighting Brooklyn's population diversity.
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People talk a lot about Brooklyn's diverse ethnic and racial populations living side-by-side, and it's true, we do live next to one another. The best place to check it out? Atlantic Terminal Mall.
NoLandGrab: Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Terminal suburban-style mall would more likely be served, rather than "overshadowed," by Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards arena (not "stadium") and sixteen high-rise tower project.
Posted by lumi at January 16, 2008 8:53 PM