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April 10, 2008
Ratner at Brooklyn Museum Riles Nabes
Brooklyn Downtown Star
The honors given to developer Bruce Ratner by the Brooklyn Museum have drawn the ire of residents of Downtown Brooklyn who oppose his mega-development plans for their neighborhood. Ratner, who is the founder of Forest City Ratner and the developer behind the Atlantic Yards Development, was honored by the Brooklyn Museum at a gala last Thursday. The Atlantic Yards project has been a source of controversy in the neighborhoods surrounding the project since it was first announced, and a number of activists protested the Brooklyn Museum's support of the divisive figure by holding an anti-Ratner rally on the steps of the museum while the event was being held.
Posted by lumi at April 10, 2008 4:51 AM