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June 26, 2008

Everyday Chatter

Jeremiah's Vanishing New York

I picked up this Forest City Ratner advertisement disguising itself as a magazine on a bench outside St. Mark's Church today. It came from the NY Post. One of the stories is called "Feeding the Need to Shop." Another refers to the Coney redesign as a "new day dawning at the shore." The gentrification of Flatbush is hailed "Old Nabes Take On New Life." Brooklynites, here lies your grim future:

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NoLandGrab: Judging from the looks of that "stacked shoe box" design, this must be the much-anticipated Summer 2008 edition of Brooklyn Tomorrow.

Posted by eric at June 26, 2008 4:27 PM