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January 15, 2008

Student focus lenses on development

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By Joyce Shelby

High school seniors Sabrina Zahir and Margarit Cabral have discovered just how passionate folks in South Brooklyn are about neighborhood development.

"The developers want to come in to the area to change it and make luxury housing," said Margarit, 17, who attends the School for International Studies.

"But," classmate Sabrina, 17, added, "the community is not happy. They don't want these developers coming in. They're bothering them, taking their space.

About 400 teens from five local high schools have been documenting the impact of development in Gowanus, Coney Island and Williamsburg and at Atlantic Yards.

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Posted by lumi at January 15, 2008 5:25 AM